Information for record number MWA296:
Direction Sign, Long Street, Atherstone

Summary An undated piece of street furniture dating to the Imperial period. It is a direction sign set into the wall of a building on Long Street, Atherstone.
What Is It?  
Type: Sign
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Atherstone
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 30 97
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 This sign is set into the wall of one of the buildings on the north side of Long Street, opposite the junction of Long Street and Coleshill Road.
2 Photographed in 1977.
 
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card: photograph
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Date: 2005
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card : text
Author/originator: JMG
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Images:  
A direction sign in Atherstone
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1977
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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 BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
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 STREET FURNITURE * Structures erected on or near a public highway. back
monument SIGN * A board, wall painting or other structure displaying advice, giving information or directions back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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