Information for record number MWA9198:
Site of brickworks at Fenny Compton

Summary Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a brick kiln where bricks were made during the Imperial period. The location is 1.5km north east of Fenny Compton.
What Is It?  
Type: Brick Kiln, Kiln
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Fenny Compton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 43 53
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Brick kiln marked on Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map of 1886. The kiln is located in a field called Brick field on the same map.
2 The Brick kiln was built between 1866-69 and used until the end of the First World War (1919).
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: British Brick Society Information
Author/originator: British Brick Society
Date: 2001
Page Number: 21-35
Volume/Sheet: 85
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 46SE 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 46SE
   
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technique Documentary Evidence Documentary evidence is another name for written records. The first written records in Britain date back to the Roman period. Documentary evidence can take many different forms, including maps, charters, letters and written accounts. When archaeologists are researching a site, they often start by looking at documentary evidence to see if there are clues that will help them understand what they might find. Documentary evidence can help archaeologists understand sites that are discovered during an excavation, field survey or aerial survey. back
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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument KILN * A furnace or oven for burning, baking or drying. Use specific type where known. 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 BRICK KILN * A kiln or furnace for the firing of bricks. back

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