Information for record number MWA293:
Brickyard 500m NE of Brickfield Farm

Summary The site of several brick kilns constructed during the Post Medieval period and were situated 300m north east of Brickfield Farm. Over the border in Solihull District.
What Is It?  
Type: Brick Kiln, Kiln
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Solihull
District: Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 19 86
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 'Brick Kilns' marked.
2 The kilns also appear on a 1843 map.
3 Nothing remains except brick debris in the field. An C18 cottage on the site may originally have been part of the kiln complex.
4 1886 OS map
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title:
Author/originator: Snape J
Date: 1783
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: CRO Z.115 (u)
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title:
Author/originator: Valentine
Date: 1843
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: CRO Z.436 (u)
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Map
Title: 1st Ed 25" 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card : text
Author/originator: JMG
Date:
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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 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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BORDER * A strip of ground forming a fringe to a garden. Use more specific type where known. 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 BRICKFIELD * A site where clay is both extracted and fired to produce bricks. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument BRICK KILN * A kiln or furnace for the firing of bricks. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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