Information for record number MWA7294:
Brickworks

Summary The site of a brickworks where bricks were manufactured during the Imperial period. The site is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1831 and was situated 100m west of Birmingham Road, King's Coughton.
What Is It?  
Type: Brickworks
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 58
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Brickworks shown on OS 1 inch map of 1831 as The Heath Brick Kiln and also on 1st ed. OS 1:10560.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: A435 Studley Bypass, Archaeological Assessment, Proposal for stage 3 Fieldwork
Author/originator: Warwickshire Museum
Date: 1994
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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 FIELDWORK * A usually temporary earthwork or fortification, the latter constructed by military forces operating in the field. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BRICKWORKS * An industrial manufacturing complex producing bricks. 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 BRICK KILN * A kiln or furnace for the firing of bricks. back

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