Information for record number MWA4198:
Site of Post Medieval Ironworks at Middleton

Summary The site of an iron works where iron was smelted or iron goods were made. It was Post Medieval in date. The exact location is unknown.
What Is It?  
Type: Iron Works, Forge
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Middleton
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 17 98
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 There were ironworks in Middleton around the end of the the 16th century.
2 Documentary evidence indicates that the industry was essentially Medieval in character (bloomeries). Sir Francis Willoughby established a water-powered hammer mill which was operating in 1577. In 1590 there was a blast furnace, forge operated by water-power. Ironstone was taken from Walsall and charcoal from Middleton. The exact location of the ironworks is not known.
3 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information: Date found: 2008-11-16T00:00:00Z Date found: 2010-10-30T23:00:00Z Date found: 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Methods of discovery: Metal detector
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Birmingham University History Journal
Author/originator: Pelham R A
Date:
Page Number: 18-29
Volume/Sheet: 4
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 4, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1947
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 4
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) Database
Author/originator: British Museum
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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technique Documentary Evidence Documentary evidence is another name for written records. The first written records in Britain date back to the Roman period. Documentary evidence can take many different forms, including maps, charters, letters and written accounts. When archaeologists are researching a site, they often start by looking at documentary evidence to see if there are clues that will help them understand what they might find. Documentary evidence can help archaeologists understand sites that are discovered during an excavation, field survey or aerial survey. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument UNIVERSITY * A group of colleges and associated buildings belonging to a university. back
monument IRON WORKS * A site where iron is smelted or iron goods made. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BLAST FURNACE * Smelting furnace into which compressed hot air is driven. back
monument HAMMER MILL * A mill, including a forge and powered hammers where hot metal is shaped by hammering and rolling. back
monument FORGE * A building or site where bloom iron or cast iron is forged into wrought iron. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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