Information for record number MWA3667:
Smithy, Brinklow

Summary The site of a forge, where wrought iron was made during the Imperial period. It is marked on a map of Brinklow dating to 1838. The forge was located at the southern end of Brinklow.
What Is It?  
Type: Forge
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Brinklow
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 43 79
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Smithy shown.
2 Site is now a row of two two-storey cottages, the E of which has a one-storey lean-to, possibly the smithy. Alternatively an old brick one-storey hut adjacent to the cottage could have been the smithy.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Brinklow Parish Map
Author/originator:
Date: 1838
Page Number: MB BRI
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Kilburn C D
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3697
   
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Glossary

 
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument HUT * A building of basic construction, usually smaller in size than a house and constructed from a variety of materials such as mud, turf, branches, wood, brick, concrete or metal. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROW * A row of buildings built during different periods, as opposed to a TERRACE. back
monument FORGE * A building or site where bloom iron or cast iron is forged into wrought iron. back

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