Information for record number MWA3490:
Site of 'Smallpox Hospital', Lawford Heath Lane

Summary The site of a smallpox hospital that was built during the Imperial period. The hospital building no longer exists but it is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated on Lawford Heath Lane.
What Is It?  
Type: Hospital
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Lawford
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 45 73
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A hospital for infectious diseases was built some time between 1886 and 1913. This site was chosen presumably for its isolation.
2 Nothing now remains of the building which has been replaced by a large bungalow, the only indication is a mature avenue of lime trees lining the drive.
3 The site is marked as smallpox hospital on certain OS maps.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 25SW 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
Page Number: 25SW
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: 25,000
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP47
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: GTD
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3490
   
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Glossary

 
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Description  
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 HOSPITAL BUILDING * A hospital building of uncertain function. Use more specific type if known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. 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 DRIVE * A road/carriage way giving access from the main road to the house, stables. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument HOSPITAL * An establishment providing medical or surgical treatment for the ill or wounded. Use narrower term where possible. back
monument BUNGALOW * A one-storey house. back

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