Information for record number MWA561:
Imperial letter box, Sambourne

Summary A letter box dating to the Imperial period. It is situated 600m east of the Sewage Works.
What Is It?  
Type: Letter Box
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Sambourne
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 07 62
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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 'Penfold' type letter box, 1852.
2 Photographed in 1978.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 44NE
Author/originator: JMM
Date:
Page Number: 44NE
Volume/Sheet: Annotated Map
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card: photograph
Author/originator:
Date: 2005
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
Letter box from 1852 in Sambourne
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1978
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Description  
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 LETTER BOX * A box in which letters are deposited on delivery. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument SEWAGE WORKS * A group of buildings in which local sewage is filtered and purified in large rectangular or circular tanks. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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