Information for record number MWA9470:
Bearley Mill

Summary Bearley Mill. A modern building which began as the Milk Marketing Board's grass drying centre in 1948. It is now a country shop. The building lies on Snitterfield Road, Bearley
What Is It?  
Type: Milking Shed, Milking Shed
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bearley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 17 60
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Bearley Mill started as the Milk Marketing Board's grass drying centre in 1948, the dried grass being returned to other farms in bales for animal feed. This was in response to the government requiring the MMB to incease the output of the nation's dairy herd as the Second World War created havoc with world food supplies. On the Mill floor, work went on day and night during the peak months, much of the workforce being the Polish refugees from Bearley's RAF Camp (RAF Snitterfield) (see MWA 8100).
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Bearley: Appraisal, History and Action Plan, Present, Past and Future
Author/originator: Bearley Parish Council - Various Authors
Date: 2001
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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 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 SHOP * A house or building where goods are made or prepared and displayed for sale and sold. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument FLOOR * A layer of stone, brick or boards, etc, on which people tread. Use broader site 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 ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument DAIRY * A building or group of buildings used for the making, processing, storing and selling of milk and other dairy products. back
monument MILKING SHED * A building in which cows are milked. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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