Information for record number MWA4137:
Site of Brickworks at Brickyard Spinney

Summary The site of brickworks dating to the Imperial period. The brickworks are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. No surface evidence remains. The site is 150m north of the reservoir at Cawston.
What Is It?  
Type: Brickworks
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Cawston
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 46 72
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 'Brickyard spinney' marked.
2 No trace of the Brickyard remains.
3 A brick kiln was in operation by 1842 just south of the existing Brickyard Cottages; it is shown on the Dunchurch Tithe Map of that date and on an estate map of c1850. In the spinney west of the cottages there are the remains of clay pits, presumably associated with the kiln, and the 1886 OS 1:10560 map shows a pond just north of the road which may have been a flooded clay pit. The Brickyard Cottages were built between c1850 and 1886, but the brick kiln seems to have been disused by the later date.
4 Cropmarks of features likely to comprise part of a brickworks are visible on aerial photos.
 
Sources
Source No: 4
Source Type: Digital archive
Title: National Mapping Programme (NMP) Digital Data
Author/originator: English Heritage
Date: 2008
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: A426 Rugby Western Bypass Stage 2 Survey
Author/originator: Warwickshire Museum
Date: 1996
Page Number: 27
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 6" OS Sht 22SW CRO
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Pehrson B
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3081
   
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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
technique Cropmark Cropmarks appear as light and dark marks in growing and ripening crops. These marks relate to differences in the soil below. For example, parched lines of grass may indicate stone walls. Crops that grow over stone features often ripen more quickly and are shorter than the surrounding crop. This is because there is less moisture in the soil where the wall lies.

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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 CLAY PIT * A place from which clay is extracted. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BRICKWORKS * An industrial manufacturing complex producing bricks. back
monument KILN * A furnace or oven for burning, baking or drying. Use specific type where known. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc type where known. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument BRICK KILN * A kiln or furnace for the firing of bricks. back
monument BRICKYARD * Small scale enterprise producing bricks but not at the same site as the extraction of clay. back
monument RESERVOIR * A large natural or artificial body of water, sometimes covered, used to collect and store water for a particular function, eg. industrial or public use. back

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