Information for record number MWA4363:
Wolfhampcote Ring, Wolfhampcote

Summary The site of a disused canal , a waterway used for transporting goods. This is also the site of a tunnel. Both date from the Imperial period and are part of the Oxford canal. The canal is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. They are located to the west of Woolhamcote.
What Is It?  
Type: Canal, Canal Tunnel
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wolfhampcote
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 52 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 The line of the Oxford canal before it was straightened shows up clearly on the 6" OS map. However the position of the old tunnel, abandoned when the route was straightened, is harder to locate. Possibly it is the feature at SP 5265.
2 The old tunnel could not be located. Presumably it is in Northamptonshire. The line of the old canal is very obvious in many places as large waterfilled ditches.
3A photograph of part of the abandoned course of the canal together with text about the straightening of the canal in the Wolfhamcote area.
 
Sources
Source No:
Source Type: Digital Data
Title: Abandoned course of the Oxford Canal near Wolfhampcote
Author/originator:
Date: 2009
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Source No:
Source Type: Map
Title: 18SW 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: WARKS 18SW
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Kilburn C
Date: 1984
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4393
   
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument CANAL * An artificial navigable waterway used for the transportation of goods. Nowadays also used for recreational purposes. back
monument TUNNEL * An underground channel with a vaulted roof. Use specific type where known. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument DITCH * A long and narrow hollow or trench dug in the ground, often used to carry water though it may be dry for much of the year. back
monument CANAL TUNNEL * A tunnel with a canal running through it. back

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