Information for record number MWA4388:
Coventry Canal, Griff Arm Junction to S of Bermuda

Summary A junction on the Coventry Canal, a waterway used for transporting goods. It dates from the Imperial period, and is in good condition if not navigable. It is situated 400m northwest of Burlingtom Road.
What Is It?  
Type: Canal
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 35 89
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Although built by Newdigate, the Griff Hollows Canal was separate from the Arbury system. Newdigate started work in 1785 upon a private Canal from the Hollows on the Coventry line, which was to run 1320 yards westwards to a wharf to which coal was brought from the collieries by a tramroad. It was opened in 1787 and in constant use for 174 years until 1961.
2 Junction described in survey as no 2.
3 The Canal is now traversed by major roads and an industrial estate. It appears unnavigable, but in good condition and in use as a feeder, of some kind.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Canals of the East Midlands
Author/originator: C Hadfield
Date: 1966
Page Number: 29
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Waterways Survey folder
Author/originator:
Date:
Page Number: no2
Volume/Sheet: Coventry Canal
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Kilburn C D
Date: 1984
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4315
   
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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 YARD * A paved area, generally found at the back of a house. back
monument HOLLOW * A hollow, concave formation or place, which has sometimes been dug out. back
monument CANAL * An artificial navigable waterway used for the transportation of goods. Nowadays also used for recreational purposes. back
monument INDUSTRIAL ESTATE * An area of land owned by a developer, whether a private entrepreneur or a public authority, and divided into plots for leasing or sale to manufacturing or commercial concerns which may share some common services. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument WHARF * A large wooden structure built alongside the water's edge where ships may lie for unloading. back

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