Information for record number MWA3077:
Millholme Bridge

Summary Milholme Bridge, the site of an Imperial limestone Bridge marked on a tithe map of 1844. Parts of this Bridge may still be incorporated in the present brick and stone structure, probably of 19th century date. It is 500m north of Warsner Spinney.
What Is It?  
Type: Road Bridge
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Leamington Hastings
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 46 67
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Bridge marked.
2 Accounts for the Dunchurch-Southam Turnpike Road mention that the Bridge was rebuilt in limestone in 1794.
3 The modern Bridge is a single span of reinforced concrete with red and blue chequered brick with stone dressings and supports. It appears to be 19th century, and may incorporate parts of the 18th century structure.
4 4.9m single span existing Bridge was rebuilt in 1937
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Turnpike Road Accounts
Author/originator:
Date: 1794
Page Number: 580 Box 59
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Source No:
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: Historic Road Bridges in Warwickshire
Author/originator: N.Palmer and G. Booth
Date: 1997
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No:
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: Historic Road Bridges in Warwickshire
Author/originator: N.Palmer and G. Booth
Date: 1997
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Leamington Hastings Tithe Award
Author/originator:
Date: 1844
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Leamington Hastings
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Pehrson B
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3081
   
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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 Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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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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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument ROAD BRIDGE * A bridge carrying a road over land or water. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back

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