Information for record number MWA4776:
Turnpike Road from Alcester to Evesham

Summary Part of a toll road running from Alcester to Evesham, whose upkeep was paid for by extracting a toll from travellers. It was constructed during the Imperial period.
What Is It?  
Type: Toll Road
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 06 53
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 Turnpike road established between 1750 and 1775 as part of the Evesham network.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: TBAS vol 64
Author/originator: Cossons A
Date: 1941-42
Page Number: 53-100
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Description  
source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by 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 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 TOLL ROAD * A road whose upkeep and repair was financed by the exaction of a toll. back

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