Information for record number MWA8749:
Findspot - Imperial pottery sherds

Summary Findspot - pottery sherds dating to the Imperial period were recovered from Potters Lane, Polesworth.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Polesworth
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 26 01
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 In the area of Potters Lane the trenching of the water mains renewal revealed large quantities of pottery, mostly 18th century in date. Some saggars were also recovered, along with over-fired pottery and wasters, suggesting this material derived from the 18th century pottery kilns known in the immediate vicinity.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Observation Report
Title: Archaeological Observation of the Dordon Reservoir Water Mains Renewals, Polesworth
Author/originator: Coutts C
Date: 1999
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Report No 9927
   
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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 FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument POTTERY KILN * A structure, composed of oven and hovel, used for the firing of pottery ware. back
monument RESERVOIR * A large natural or artificial body of water, sometimes covered, used to collect and store water for a particular function, eg. industrial or public use. back

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