Information for record number MWA4210:
Site of a Smithy, Bulkington Road

Summary The site of a forge where wrought iron was made. The forge is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887 and dates back to at least the Imperial period. It was situated 100m north of the church at Shilton.
What Is It?  
Type: Forge
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Shilton
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 40 84
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
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1 'Smithy' marked.
2 The occupant of a house near the site who is in her 60s recalls having the smithy pulled down about twenty years ago, because it was a 'hovel'.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Map 2500 1887
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1887
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 2500
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thomson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4402
   
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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
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 CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. 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 HOVEL * A rough shelter or dwelling, sometimes used to house cattle. back
monument FORGE * A building or site where bloom iron or cast iron is forged into wrought iron. back

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