Information for record number MWA6717:
Site of Brickworks NW of Newdigate Colliery

Summary The site of a brickworks which was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated 200m north of Newdigate Colliery. The brickworks were marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1913.
What Is It?  
Type: Brickworks
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 33 87
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Site of brickworks marked on OS map of 1913.
2 The area of the brickworks has been expanded to include the large amorphous clay pit located to the north of the kilns indicated by the mapping. This has been done to better reflect the total industrial area connected with the brickworks.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Personal Comment
Author/originator: Keith Elliott
Date: 2016
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Glossary

 
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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 BRICKWORKS * An industrial manufacturing complex producing bricks. back
monument KILN * A furnace or oven for burning, baking or drying. Use specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument COLLIERY * A place where coal is mined. back

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