Information for record number MWA5233:
Site of Tramway at Bascote Lime Works

Summary The site of a tramway which was in use during the Imperial period. It ran between the Bascote Lime Works and the canal wharves. The line of the tramway is still visible near to the canal. It was located 600m north east of Bascote.
What Is It?  
Type: Tramway
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Itchington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 40 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 By 1899 the limeworks had disappeared, but hachuring from Bascote Toll House to Gossamer Hill indicates the presence of a tramroad from quarries to the canal wharves. Part of the route of this tramroad can still be traced near the canal, and fence posts along the lane may have been wooden tramroad sleepers.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Early quarries of Long Itchington
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1977
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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 * An artificial navigable waterway used for the transportation of goods. Nowadays also used for recreational purposes. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument TOLL HOUSE * A house by a toll gate or toll bridge where tolls are collected. back
monument TRAMWAY * A track inlaid into a surface, on which tram cars run for the conveyance of passengers and/or goods or raw materials. back
monument LIME WORKS * A site where lime (calcium carbonate) is made. back
monument FENCE * A construction of wood or metal used to enclose an area of land, a building, etc. back

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