Information for record number MWA5014:
Site of Nuneaton Mill

Summary The site of Nuneaton Mill, a watermill which was in use during the Imperial period and more recent times. It was situated on Mill Street, Nuneaton.
What Is It?  
Type: Watermill, Mill, Flour Mill, Steam Plant
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 1969 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 36 91
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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Description

  
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1 This mill was operating throughout the 19th century and information exists on ownership. From 1921 it operated under the name of Nuneaton Flour Mills Ltd and finally ceased working in the late 1960s. The building was demolished in 1973. The mill was a large, five-storey brick building. A steam engine had been the main source of motive power since 1886. The watercourses around the mill site are still intact.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Watermills
Author/originator: Booth D T N
Date: 1978
Page Number: 83-4
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
A view of a watermill, viewed from Bridge Street, Nuneaton
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1900
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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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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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument WATERCOURSE * A channel used for or formed by the conveyance of water. Can be natural, eg. a river or artificial eg. an aqueduct. Use more specific type where known. 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 MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument STEAM ENGINE * An engine in which the mechanical force of steam is made available as a motive power for driving machinery. back
monument FLOUR MILL * A factory where flour was produced for use in food products. back
monument STEAM PLANT * An industrial site or building where the machinery is powered by a steam engine. back
monument WATERMILL * A mill whose machinery is driven by water. back

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