Information for record number MWA8618:
Umberslade Park avenue

Summary A tree avenue dating to the Post Medieval period. It is about 1.5miles long and was probably a vista rather than an approach to the house. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and is situated north east of Tanworth in Arden.
What Is It?  
Type: Tree Avenue
Period: Post-medieval - Industrial (1540 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Tanworth in Arden
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 12 71
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 The avenue at Umberslade, stretching for nearly 1.5miles, is shown on Beighton's map of 1725 and is therefore to be associated with the late 17th/ early 18th century formal landscape removed in the 1740s. The avenue may have functioned as a vista rather than as an actual approach to the house in this period, although the main entrance to the house was on the west side. It was retained as a landscape feature in subsequent periods, but is now rather overgrown.
2 The OS 1:10560 1886 Sht Warks 24SE shows the avenue before it was cut by the railway.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Report & Recommendations
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: 24SE 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 24SE
   
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument TREE AVENUE * A straight road lined with trees along either side, also straight lines of trees found in parkland usually leading to a landscape feature. 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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