Information for record number MWA4013:
Assorted C18/C20 Finds, Bottom Field, Marlcliff

Summary Findspot - various finds dating to the Imperial period, including a bale seal and a button, were found 500m south west of Staple Hill.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bidford on Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 10 50
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
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1 Collection of artefacts comprising 18th century bale seal and button, decorated copper alloy fragment and brass check of the 19th to 20th centuries reported by metal detectorists.
2 Lead bale seal (probable) and brass check found in 1987 at SP10105015.
3 Further finds.
 
Sources

Source No: 2
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 787
Author/originator: Pickin J L
Date: 1987
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 787
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1228
Author/originator: Seaby W A
Date: 1988
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1228
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 613
Author/originator: Pickin J L
Date: 1986
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 613
   
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source WMEF Warwickshire Museum Enquiry Form. These are forms that are filled in when a person brings an object to Warwickshire Museum to be identified. Amongst the information recorded on the form are details such as a description of the object, where and when it was found, and in some cases a sketch or photographs of it. Copies of the form can be viewed at 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 FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back

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