Information for record number MWA624:
Brickworks 400m W of Cross Green Farm, Bishops Itchington

Summary The site of brickworks dating to the Imperial period. They are marked on 19th century maps, and a building, some ovens, and some earthworks are still visible. The site is 400m south west of the church at Cross Green.
What Is It?  
Type: Brickworks
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bishops Itchington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 38 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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3 The Tithe Apportionment Map and OS map mark a brickworks here. The original building in which the bricks were made is still extant. The ovens are also still intact along the N facing interior wall, but the remainder, of which at least sixteen can be seen, have been bricked over. The remains of quarrying for materials can be seen just to the N and NE of the building cutting into the hillside. According to the present owner brickmaking was discontinued here in the late 19th century.
4 Photographed in 1979.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Tithe Award Map
Author/originator:
Date: 1839
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Bishops Itchington
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: 40SW 1:10560 1886 CRO
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Volume/Sheet: 1st Edn
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card: photograph
Author/originator:
Date: 2005
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card : text
Author/originator: JMG
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Images:  
Remains of a brickworks, Bishop's Itchington
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1979
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A brick oven at the brickworks, Bishop's Itchington
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1979
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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
technique Earthwork Earthworks can take the form of banks, ditches and mounds. They are usually created for a specific purpose. A bank, for example, might be the remains of a boundary between two or more fields. Some earthworks may be all that remains of a collapsed building, for example, the grassed-over remains of building foundations.

In the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky than during the other seasons, earthworks have larger shadows. From the air, archaeologists are able to see the patterns of the earthworks more easily. Earthworks can sometimes be confusing when viewed at ground level, but from above, the general plan is much clearer.

Archaeologists often carry out an aerial survey or an earthwork survey to help them understand the lumps and bumps they can see on the ground.
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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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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument OVEN * A brick, stone or iron receptacle for baking bread or other food in. back
monument BRICKWORKS * An industrial manufacturing complex producing bricks. 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 CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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