Information for record number MWA2605:
Cross at Burial Ground

Summary A memorial cross from the Imperial period. It is in the Burial Ground at Wroxall.
What Is It?  
Type: Cross, Commemorative Monument
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wroxall
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 22 71
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
Source Number  

1 Memorial cross marked.
2 cross, probably early 19th century. In very good condition.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 25SE 1:10560 1926
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1926
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thomson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4402
   
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Glossary

 
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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 COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT * A building, structure or landscape created to commemorate a person or event. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back
monument CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back

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