Information for record number MWA6647:
Site of Exhall Colliery at Black Bank, Bedworth

Summary The site of Exhall Colliery where coal was mined during the Imperial period. The Colliery is marked on the OS map of 1886. It was situated at Black Bank, Bedworth.
What Is It?  
Type: Mine, Colliery
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 35 86
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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Description

 
Source Number  

1 Site of Exhall Colliery marked on OS map of 1886.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 2500 1923
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1923
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
Exhall Colliery, near Bedworth
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1920s
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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)

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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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument COLLIERY * A place where coal is mined. back
monument MINE * An excavation made in the earth for the purpose of digging out metallic ores, coal, salt, or precious stones etc. Use specific type where known. back

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