Information for record number MWA2455:
Toll road 110m NE of Seckington to No Man's Heath

Summary A turnpike road or toll road, whose upkeep and repair was financed by the extraction of a toll from travellers. It was established in the Imperial period between 1750 and 1775. It is situated 110m north east of Seckington and runs to No Man's Heath.
What Is It?  
Type: Road, Toll Road
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Newton Regis
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 27 08
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Recently built over by road widening scheme. Milestones existed at SK2708 and SK2808, now both destroyed.
3 A turnpike road established between 1750 and 1775.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: TBAS vol 64
Author/originator: Cossons A
Date: 1941
Page Number: 53-100
Volume/Sheet: 64
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: N.W Survey
Author/originator: Molyneux N A D
Date: 1976
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Map 1966
Author/originator: O.S
Date: 1966
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source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by 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 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 TOLL ROAD * A road whose upkeep and repair was financed by the exaction of a toll. back
monument MILESTONE * A stone set up on a road or path to mark the miles from or to a place. back

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