Information for record number MWA5207:
Site of Pumping Station 300m W of Oversley Mill

Summary The site of a pumping station which was used during the Imperial period to pump water to Ragley Hall. It was situated 300m west of Oversley Mill.
What Is It?  
Type: Pumping Station
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Arrow
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A watermill (MWA1443) was replaced by a pumping station later in the 19th century. This contained two pumps operated by a waterwheel, lifting water from wells on the site to Ragley Hall. The building has been demolished and the wells capped, but the high breast-shot or pitchback waterwheel survives. The leat from the nearby stream is now dry.
2 Waterwheel still remains on site; leat which fed wheel can be traced on bank above.
3 Photographed in 1979.
4 See also MWA1876.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Watermills
Author/originator: Booth D T N
Date: 1978
Page Number: 83-4
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Industrial Archaeology of the Lower Arrow Valley, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Saville G E
Date: 1979
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Photograph
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: SMW
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 948
   
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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 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 INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument PUMP * A machine used to raise and move water and other liquids, compress gases, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument LEAT * Artificial water channel, usually leading to a mill. back
monument WATERMILL * A mill whose machinery is driven by water. back
monument PUMPING STATION * A waterworks pumping station. back
monument STREAM * A natural flow or current of water issuing from a source. back

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