Information for record number MWA6907:
Site of Signal Box at Hillmorton Station

Summary The site of a railway signal box that was built during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1923. It was situated 300m east of the Sports Ground, Hillmorton, Rugby.
What Is It?  
Type: Signal Box, Railway
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Rugby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 51 74
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Signal box marked on 1923 map.
2 A brick and timber Signal box was located to the south of the platform of Hillmorton Station (Rugby Central) between the main line and the siding into the goods yard to the west of the station. The Signal box was not located to the east of the main line as shown on the plan for the proposed station.
3 Photograph taken from the south.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Rugby's Railway Heritage
Author/originator: Elliot P H
Date: 1985
Page Number: 38
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 2500 1923
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1923
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Photograph
Title: Great Central Memories
Author/originator: Healy J M C
Date: 1987
Page Number: 101
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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 RAILWAY SIGNAL * A structure with semaphore arms and/or coloured lights used as a means of warning on railway systems. back
monument GOODS YARD * A site where merchandise and goods are temporarily stored before or after transportation by rail. back
monument SIGNAL BOX * A building on a railway system housing levers used to regulate trains on the tracks using signals and to change the points to enable a train to transfer from one track to another. back
monument SPORTS GROUND * An area of prepared ground on which a sport is played. Use more specific type where known. back
monument PLATFORM * Unspecified. Use specific type where known. back
monument RAILWAY * A line or track consisting of iron or steel rails, on which passenger carriages or goods wagons are moved, usually by a locomotive engine. back

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