Information for record number MWA2743:
Site of Undated Cemetery to S of Talton House

Summary The possible site of a cemetery. Eight burials were found to the south of Talton House. The date of the skeletons is unknown.
What Is It?  
Type: Cemetery, Burial
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Tredington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 23 47
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Bloom extracted the following from an undated newspaper. Workmen digging out earth for the foundation of the new entrance on the SW side of Talton House, at a depth of about 0.61m, came upon a number of human skeletons 'lying in a natural position', but in an advanced state of decay. Eight skeletons were exhumed in an area of about 4.6m by 1.8m.
2 Described by Bloom.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Walks round Stratford on Avon
Author/originator: Bloom J H
Date: 1906
Page Number: 35-6
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 15SW23
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1955
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 15SW23
   
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument WALK * A place or path for walking in a park or garden. Use more specific type where possible. back
monument CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. 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 ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. back

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