Information for record number MWA2135:
Findspot - Imperial coin

Summary Findspot - a George III coin, dating to the Imperial period, on an allotment in Telegraph Street, Shipston on Stour.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Shipston on Stour
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 25 40
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 This George III shilling, found in 1978 in an allotment on Telegraph St, Shipston-on-Stour, has been classified as a contemporary forgery of 1816.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: WM
Author/originator: Seaby W A
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source WM Warwickshire Museum Aerial Photograph Collection. A collection of oblique and vertical aerial photographs and taken by various organisations and individuals, including the Royal Airforce, The Potato Board, Warwickshire Museum. The collection is held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument ALLOTMENT * A share or portion of land, allotted to a person, often used for growing, vegetables, fruit, etc. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back

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