Information for record number MWA2275:
Village Pump on Halford Road

Summary The site of a village pump dating to the Imperial period and located 350m north east of the church at Idlicote.
What Is It?  
Type: Pump, Water Pump
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Idlicote
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 44
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 A water pump which backs onto a wall of Badger's Cottage on the opposite side of the road to the entrance to Badger's Farm. Cast iron, standing 1m from the ground. In shape it is a six-sided faceted cylinder curving to a point at its apex.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: PWF
Date: 1982
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2272
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of 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 VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument PUMP * A machine used to raise and move water and other liquids, compress gases, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WATER PUMP * A point of public water supply, including conduits, fountains, wells, pumps and standpipes. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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