Information for record number MWA3512:
Site of Bransford Bridge

Summary The site of Bransford Bridge, a Bridge dating to the Imperial period. It was demolished when the road was widened during the 1960s. The Bridge was situated 200m north west of Bransford Spinney.
What Is It?  
Type: Bridge
Period: Medieval - Modern (1066 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Churchover
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 51 82
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 During the latter part of 1961, the A5 over Bransford Bridge was widened, necessitating the demolition of the old Bridge: the work was apparently watched with keen interest due to a reference in Bloxam which reckoned on there being an Anglo Saxon cemetery in the area. In the event, it appears, nothing of great interest was uncovered, although the only references to the site are a number of letters (see FI File) and some finds in Warwick Museum comprising iron nail, leather upper shoe, iron vessel and fragment of timber. For accession numbers of finds see PRN 3512 card.
3 The Bridge is now built and revealed nothing.
4 Earliest Bridge record 1284
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Monumenta Sepulchralia
Author/originator: Bloxam
Date:
Page Number: 56-58
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Bransford Bridge, Monks Kirby
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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
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thompson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3264
   
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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 Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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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 ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. 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 CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. back
monument ROAD BRIDGE * A bridge carrying a road over land or water. back

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