Information for record number MWA7545:
Dismantled Tramway, Tredington

Summary The line of a dismantled tramway dating to the Imperial period and marked on Ordnance Survey maps. It was originally a horse drawn tramway running between Moreton-in-the-Marsh and Stratford, with a later branch to Shipston.
What Is It?  
Type: Wagonway
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Tredington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 22 41
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Tramway shown on Ordnance Survey map.
2 Dismantled Tramway.
3 A horse-drawn Tramway between Moreton-in-Marsh (SP 2032) and Stratford-upon-Avon (SP 2054) was opened 5th September 1826, and a branch to Shipston-on-Stour (SP 2541) was completed in February 1836. In 1889 the portion from Moreton-in-Marsh to Shipston-on-Stour was converted to a modern steam railway and the old remnant to Stratford-upon-Avon fell out of use about 1904. By the later 1950's the Moreton to Shipston line had closed down and since then all the railway and Tramway has been dismantled.
4 The Stratford and Moreton Tramway was a 16 mile long horse-drawn wagonway from the canal basin at Stratford to More-in-Marsh. This also included a branch to Shipston-on-Stour. The Tramway was designed to carry the industrial products of the Black Country south and the agricultural produce of this area northwards. The Act of Parliament was passed in 1821 for this, with construction between 1823 and 1826 by the railway promoter William James and engineer John Urpeth Raistrick. This continued in horse-drawn usage until 1859 when the southern section converted into a proper railway, whilst the northern section continued horse-drawn haulage until the 1880s. The tracks were lifted in 1918 for the First World War use of metal and the line abandoned in 1926..
6 Surviving relics - MAIN LINE: Tramway Bridge, Stratford (HEW 0868) SP 205548 - 9 x 30ft span brick arches. Now a footway; preserved Tramway wagon (at NW end of Tramway Bridge) on a length of fish bellied rail; low embankment across parkland (SP206547 to SP 205538), now a footpath; single brick arch underbridge at SP 206540; deep cutting with single span brick arch overbridge at SP 205531; widened verge alongside A3400; track of railway traceable in wooded area at SP 228453; Junction House extant at SP 222425; buildings at Fosse Way crossing at SP 228385; crossing keeper's Houses (small one by S&M. R., larger one by GWR.) at SP 228364; route alongside A3400 road behind hedge from SP 210338 to SP 206330; SHIPSTON BRANCH - some traces of station layout at Station road, Shipston.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Cotswolds
Author/originator: Hadfield C & A M
Date: 1966
Page Number: 170
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 6, Gloucestershire
Author/originator: Elrington C R (ed)
Date: 1965
Page Number: 207, 210
Volume/Sheet: 6
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Building Survey
Title: Panel for Historical Engineering Works
Author/originator: Institution of Civil Engineers
Date:
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Digital archive
Title: Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
Author/originator: Andrew Tweedie
Date: 2007+
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 1:10000 1972
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1972
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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 WAGONWAY * An early form of railway for the transportation of freight by wagons on rails on a road. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument TRAMWAY BRIDGE * A bridge carrying a tramway. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument ARCH * A structure over an opening usually formed of wedge-shaped blocks of brick or stone held together by mutual pressure and supported at the sides; they can also be formed from moulded concrete/ cast metal. A component; use for free-standing structure only. back
monument EMBANKMENT * A long ridge of earth, rocks or gravel primarily constructed to carry a roadway. back
monument UNDERBRIDGE * A bridge crossing under railway property. 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 TRAMWAY * A track inlaid into a surface, on which tram cars run for the conveyance of passengers and/or goods or raw materials. back
monument ENGINEERING WORKS * Any factory or site using machine tools in a manufacturing or processing capacity. back
monument HEDGE * Usually a row of bushes or small trees planted closely together to form a boundary between pieces of land or at the sides of a road. back
monument MARSH * A low lying area of land that is usually waterlogged at all times and is flooded in wet weather. back
monument CANAL BASIN * An open area of water, usually artificial and enclosed by dock gates or locks, lined with wharves and warehouses, where barges, narrow boats and other canal vessels can load and unload goods and supplies. back
monument FOOTPATH * A path for pedestrians only. 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
monument OVERBRIDGE * A bridge that crosses over a railway. back

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