Information for record number MWA663:
Site of Milepost 600m S of Puckpits Farm, Tredington.

Summary The site of a milepost dating to the Imperial period. It was located 500m south west of Honington.
What Is It?  
Type: Milepost
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Tredington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 25 42
(Data represented on this map shows the current selected record as a single point, this is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent an accurate or complete representation of archaeological sites or features)
Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Mile Post marked.
2 One of a series of cast iron mile markers placed exactly one mile apart on the Stratford on Avon to Oxford turnpike road, the first being one mile from the last milestone on the Oxfordshire side of the county boundary.
3 No longer visible.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 1:10560 53NE 1924
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1924
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 53NE
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card : text
Author/originator: JMG
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: DoE
Author/originator: Falconer K A
Date: 1980
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Industrial Monuments
   
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Glossary

 
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument COUNTY BOUNDARY * The limit line of a county. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument MILESTONE * A stone set up on a road or path to mark the miles from or to a place. back
monument MILEPOST * A post or pillar set up alongside a road to mark the miles from or to a place. back

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