Information for record number MWA2640:
Brick Works 300m S of Warren Farm

Summary The site of brickworks dating to the Imperial period. They are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886, but only faint scoops in the ground remain visible. The site is to the north east of Hay Wood, Baddesley Clinton.
What Is It?  
Type: Brickworks, Brick Kiln, Kiln
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wroxall
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 21 72
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Kiln and Brick Works marked.
2 The area is wooded and the ground covered with indiscriminate scoops of varying shape, size and depth, which look as if they are the remains of open-cast mining, for the clay for the Kilns.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 6" OS Sht 22SW CRO
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thompson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3264
   
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BRICKWORKS * An industrial manufacturing complex producing bricks. back
monument KILN * A furnace or oven for burning, baking or drying. Use specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument BRICK KILN * A kiln or furnace for the firing of bricks. back
monument WORKS * Usually a complex of buildings for the processing of raw materials. Use specific type where known. back

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