Information for record number MWA4329:
Wharf near Hatton Bottom lock

Summary The site of a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods during the Imperial period. The wharf was found during a Waterways Survey in 1976. It was located 600m south west of Warwick Cemetery.
What Is It?  
Type: Canal, Canal Wharf
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Budbrooke
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 A Warwickshire Museum Waterways survey shows a wharf at this point, south of the Warwick and Birmingham Canal.
2 The wharf is difficult to discern; there is however a lockkeepers cottage by Hatton Bottom lock (SP2665). This is a two storey, modernised 19th century red brick building with outbuildings.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Waterways Survey
Author/originator:
Date: 1976
Page Number: no7
Volume/Sheet: Grand Union Canal
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: Site visit notes
Author/originator: Kilburn C D
Date: 1984
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. 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 CANAL * An artificial navigable waterway used for the transportation of goods. Nowadays also used for recreational purposes. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument WHARF * A large wooden structure built alongside the water's edge where ships may lie for unloading. back
monument CANAL WHARF * A large wooden structure built alongside the edge of a canal where narrow boats may lie for the loading and unloading of goods. back
monument OUTBUILDING * A detached subordinate building. Use specific type where known, eg. DAIRY. back
monument CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. back

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