Information for record number MWA7239:
Signal Box (Site 13)

Summary The site of a railway signal box dating to the Imperial period. It is situated 1km north of Salford Priors.
What Is It?  
Type: Signal Box, Railway
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Salford Priors
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 52
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A disused railway signal box shows little signs of decay and is in good condition, though overgrown. This is the Broom West Junction signal box, built as part of the laying in of the new southwards facing curve at Broom Junction in 1942. It cam into use on 28 September 1942 and replaced a temporary ground frame. The site should be recorded photographically whether or not it is threatened by the new bypass.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: A435 Bypass Phase 2/III
Author/originator: Palmer S C
Date: 1993
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Glossary

 
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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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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 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 INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument SIGN * A board, wall painting or other structure displaying advice, giving information or directions 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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