Information for record number MWA7132:
Possible Location of Gas Works

Summary The possible site of gas works dating from the Imperial period, and founded in 1864. The probable location was in School Road, Wellesbourne.
What Is It?  
Type: Gas Works
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wellesbourne
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 55
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Gas works founded in 1864. Most likely location is School Road, a Road running adjacent to Kineton Road.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Cave L
Date: 1993
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
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 SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. 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 GAS WORKS * An industrial complex concerned with the manufacture of gas for domestic use from coal and oil. back

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