Information for record number MWA3544:
Site of Brewery, Cord Lane

Summary The site of a brewery, where beer was brewed during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The brewery was situated on Cord Lane, Easenhall.
What Is It?  
Type: Brewery
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Easenhall
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 46 79
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A large brewery called the Trent Valley brewery, belonging to Messrs Moxon.
2 1839 tithe map bears no reference to a brewery here, while it lists a malthouse at the other end of the village. It appears on no subsequent maps.
3 1886 OS map has buildings at the above NGR reference which it labels 'brewery'.
4 On a site visit the owners of the house presently occupying the site were not at home; these buildings did not have the appearance of an ex-brewery.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: History, Directory and Gazetteer of Warwickshire
Author/originator: White F
Date: 1874
Page Number: 639
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Tithe Map
Author/originator:
Date: 1839
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Source No:
Source Type: Map
Title: 23SW 1:10560 1887 2nd edition
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1887
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Warks 23SW
   
Source No: 4
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 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 VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. 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 INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument BREWERY * A commercial building, or buildings, used for the production of beer and other alcoholic drinks. Size may range from a single room such as a microbrewery in a public house to a complex of buildings including production line machinery for bottling. back

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