Information for record number MWA2807:
Turnpike Road from nr Seckington to nr Newton Regis

Summary A Toll Road. It was built during the Post Medieval or Imperial period and runs from a location 700m west of Seckington to Newton Regis.
What Is It?  
Type: Toll Road
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1800 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Seckington
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 25 07
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 The original turnpike road has been destroyed by recent road widening schemes.
2 Shown on OS map.
3 Shown on OS map.
4 Note referring to
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Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: N.W.Survey
Author/originator: Molyneux N A D
Date: 1976
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: 03NW 1:10560 1885
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1885
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Map 1966
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1966
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Note
Title: Seckington
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Glossary

 
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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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

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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