Information for record number MWA3244:
Site of Horn Works at Stone House, High St

Summary The site of a horn comb factory at the Stone House in the High Street, Kenilworth. The factory would have been operating during the Imperial period. This information was given in a newspaper article in 1894.
What Is It?  
Type: Factory, Horn Working Site
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kenilworth
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 72
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Kenilworth was a centre of the horn comb industry. Mr Heynes in the Coventry Standard for 24:08:1894 mentions a large factory situated by the Stone House. The Stone House still stands (1965) in the High Street.
2 The Stone House still stands, now converted into a Midlands Bank, but no trace of the horn-making factory remains.
3 Entry
2 is almost certainly erroneous. The former Midland Bank (now shops etc) is one of the few Stone buildings in the High Street, but it is not The Stone House, which is situated at 64 High Street. Historic England's Listing entry (ID 1035319) confirms this as the correct location, now mapped correctly.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 82
Author/originator: Drew J H
Date: 1965
Page Number: 26
Volume/Sheet: 82
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thomson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4402
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm. Gill Stewart
Author/originator: Stewart G
Date: 2014 onwards
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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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
source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by 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 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 SHOP * A house or building where goods are made or prepared and displayed for sale and sold. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument HORN WORKING SITE * A site used for the production of items derived from animal horns. back
monument FACTORY * A building or complex, housing powered machinery and employing a large workforce for manufacturing purposes. Use specific monument type where known. back

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