Information for record number MWA9163:
Site of Cotton Mill, Formerly Wallace Street, Warwick

Summary The site of a cotton mill which was built in the Imperial period. The site was just north west of Sainsbury's supermarket, Warwick.
What Is It?  
Type: Cotton Mill, Mill
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Warwick
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 27 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Cotton mill erected at the lower end of Wallace Street by the Parkes Firm et al, circa 1795. Housing for workers led to the rise of Parkes/Crompton/Brookhouse Streets to the south, west of Lammas Fields. The mill site later known as the Eagle Works. Now Sainsbury Supermarket.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: The Marble Yard, Saltisford
Author/originator: Major Tibbits
Date: 1952
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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 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 PARK * An enclosed piece of land, generally large in area, used for hunting, the cultivation of trees, for grazing sheep and cattle or visual enjoyment. Use more specific type where known. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument SUPERMARKET * A large self-service store selling foods and some household goods. back
monument COTTON MILL * Usually a cotton spinning factory, although some mills have weaving sheds attached, in which case the end product is completed cloth, not yarn only. back
monument WORKS * Usually a complex of buildings for the processing of raw materials. Use specific type where known. back

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