Information for record number MWA7564:
LNWR Trent Valley Railway

Summary The site of the Trent Valley Railway, which dates from the Imperial period onwards. The route of the Railway runs between Rugby and Stafford.
What Is It?  
Type: Railway
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: North Warwickshire
District: Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 49 76
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Railway between Rugby and Stafford, built under powers granted by Act of 1845, construction beginning in 1845. Purchased by LNWR in 1846. Line opened to limited traffic on September 15th 1847.
2 A standard gauge Railway line running 50 miles 127 yards between Trent Valley Junction on the London & Birmingham Railway at Rugby and a junction with the Grand Junction Railway about 920 yards south of Stafford Station. Originally built as a two track line but widened in places between 1871 and 1909 to four tracks. Built as a diversionary line to permit trains travelling north of Birmingham from London to avoid Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Railways of the West Midlands
Author/originator: Clinker, C
Date: 1954
Page Number: 14-5, 18
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Building Survey
Title: Panel for Historical Engineering Works
Author/originator: Institution of Civil Engineers
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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 YARD * A paved area, generally found at the back of a house. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument ENGINEERING WORKS * Any factory or site using machine tools in a manufacturing or processing capacity. 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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