Information for record number MWA26:
Kingsbury Colliery Railway

Summary Kingsbury Colliery Railway, an industrial rail track, which is modern in date (1926-1965). It ran between Kingsbury colliery and Dexter colliery via Hurley.
What Is It?  
Type: Railway
Period: Modern (1914 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kingsbury
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 23 98
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 There was a tramway which ran between Dexter Colliery and Kingsbury Colliery, via Hurley between 1926 and 1965. The national Coal Board confirmed the fact but could not expand with any further details.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Kingsbury Colliery Tramway
Author/originator: Brown R
Date: 1977
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument COLLIERY RAILWAY * Railway constructed specifically for the movement of coal around the pithead of a coal mine. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument TRAMWAY * A track inlaid into a surface, on which tram cars run for the conveyance of passengers and/or goods or raw materials. back
monument COLLIERY * A place where coal is mined. back
monument RAILWAY * A line or track consisting of iron or steel rails, on which passenger carriages or goods wagons are moved, usually by a locomotive engine. back

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