Information for record number MWA6554:
Site of Clay Pit E of Baxterley Common

Summary The site of a clay pit, from which clay was extracted. It dates to the Imperial period and was situated 500m north west of Merevale Cottage. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
What Is It?  
Type: Clay Pit
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Merevale
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 96
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Site of clay pit marked on OS map of 1887.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 2500 1887
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1887
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
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 CLAY PIT * A place from which clay is extracted. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back

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