Information for record number MWA4372:
Wormleighton Reservoir

Summary A canal reservoir, dating from the Imperial period, and used to maintain the water level of the Oxford Canal. It was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886, and is located 2km south of Wormleighton.
What Is It?  
Type: Canal, Canal Reservoir
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Farnborough
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 44 51
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Marked on 1886 6" OS map.
2 In 1787 the Oxford agreed to purchse 18 acres from Lord Spencer for £1373.80. On this site, immediately to the E of the tunnel and adjacent to the summit pound of the canal, was built Wormleighton Reservoir. Its 12 acres held 2,860,000 gallons of water.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Oxford Canal
Author/originator: Compton H J
Date:
Page Number: 48
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No:
Source Type: Map
Title: 18SW 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: WARKS 18SW
   
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Glossary

 
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Description  
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 RESERVOIR * A supply of water used to keep canals that were vulnerable to water shortage topped up. 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 INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument POUND * A pen, often circular and stone-walled, for rounding up livestock. 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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