Information for record number MWA6725:
Site of Gasworks at Little Wrautam

Summary The site of a gasworks, where gas was produced during the Imperial period for domestic use. The gasworks is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated at Little Wrautam.
What Is It?  
Type: Gas Works
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Combe Fields
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 39 80
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
Source Number  

1 Site of gasworks marked on OS map of 1886.
2 The gas extraction plant was later converted into Gas Works Cottages, now demolished.
 
Sources

Source No: 2
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Combe Abbey, Coventry, Warwickshire. An archaeological assessment.
Author/originator: Coventry Museum
Date: 1991
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 2500 1923
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1923
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument ABBEY * A religious house governed by an abbot or abbess. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument DOMESTIC * This is the top term for the class. See DOMESTIC Class List for narrow terms. back
monument GAS WORKS * An industrial complex concerned with the manufacture of gas for domestic use from coal and oil. back

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