Information for record number MWA4045:
Assorted C18-C19 Finds, Marlcliff Top Field, Bidford on Avon

Summary Findspot - various metal objects, including buttons and a brooch, were found 300m south east of Marlcliff. The objects all dated to the Imperial period.
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 09 50
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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<1,2,3> Collection of artefacts comprising 18th century silver button, 19th century buttons, 16th to 18th century lead button, 19th century cap badge, 18th century bowl, brooch from the 19th century, bronze objects, ornament rivet, medal and ring all from the 19th century reported by metal detectorists.
4 Fragment of a bowling alley check found in 1987.
5 A Victorian brooch and part of openwork decoration from a 19th century brooch.
6 Medal struck in 1880 commemorating the founding of Sunday Schools in 1780.
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10 Military cap badge, late 19th century found at SP099502 in 1989.
11 Farthing token of Isaac Newton and Farthing of William IV found in 1989 at SP099503.
 
Sources
Source No: 11
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1418
Author/originator: Wise/Seaby
Date: 1989
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Source No: 8
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1417
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1989
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1417
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 797
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1987
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: E/797
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 808
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1987
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 808
   
Source No: 7
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1412
Author/originator: Wise/Seaby
Date: 1989
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 9
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1759
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1989
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1759
   
Source No: 10
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1465
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1990
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1465
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 636
Author/originator: Pickin J L
Date: 1986
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 636
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 635
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1986
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: E/635
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 608
Author/originator: Pickin J L
Date: 1986
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 608
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 894
Author/originator: Seaby W A
Date: 1987
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 894
   
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Glossary

 
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Description  
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
monument BOWLING ALLEY * An indoor alley for playing bowls or skittles. back
monument SUNDAY SCHOOL * A school in which instruction is given on a Sunday, especially such a school for children connected with a parish or congregation. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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