Information for record number MWA5724:
Site of Griff Mineral Railway at Heath End

Summary The site of Griff Mineral Railway at Heath End, which was built during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
What Is It?  
Type: Mineral Railway
Period: Modern (1887 AD - 1960 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 34 90
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
Source Number  

1 Site of Griff mineral railway marked on OS map of 1887.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Map 2500 1887
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1887
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 2500
   
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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)

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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument MINERAL RAILWAY * A railway used for the conveyance of coal and other minerals. back

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