Information for record number MWA4133:
Site of the Dunchurch Lock-up, School Street

Summary The site of Dunchurch lock up which was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated on School Street, Dunchurch.
What Is It?  
Type: Punishment Place, Lock Up
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Dunchurch
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 48 71
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The Dunchurch Lock-up was a rectangular brick building 9'6" wide by 14'6" deep with a tiled roof. It had a solitary 2' square iron grill on the left hand side. There was a door of studded oak with its original Lock. The building was damaged in 1972 when alterations were being made to another house and had to be demolished.
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Booklet on Dunchurch
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Photograph
Title: Dunchurch lock up
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Page Number: A8175
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Dunchurch Lockup
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1966
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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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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. back
monument LOCK UP * A prison used for temporary detention. The typical village lock-up was a one-storeyed, one-celled building, sometimes of round or polygonal plan. 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 LOCK * A section of the water channel on a canal or river shut off above and below by lock gates provided with sluices to let the water out and in, and thus raise or lower boats from one level to another. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument PUNISHMENT PLACE * A site where acts of corporal and capital punishment were carried out. back
monument SQUARE * An open space or area, usually square in plan, in a town or city, enclosed by residential and/or commercial buildings, frequently containing a garden or laid out with trees. back

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