Information for record number MWA3765:
Site of Post Medieval Quarry in Spernall Park

Summary The site of a quarry dating to the Post Medieval period. It was situated in Spernall Park.
What Is It?  
Type: Quarry
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Spernall
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 10 62
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Seams of gypsum are found within the keuper marls of the area. In 1662 a plaster pit in Spernall Park is recorded, and a 'plasterer' is recorded in the parish registers in 1706. The site of the pits is now overgrown but they were said to have been very deep with a proper mine shaft. They were considered unsafe in the 1940s when they were blown up and filled in, but part of the shaft is said to survive.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Spernall Parish Survey
Author/originator: Hooke
Date: 1982
Page Number: 49
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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 SHAFT * Use only if function unknown, otherwise use specific type. 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 PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument MINE SHAFT * A vertical or inclined excavation giving access to an underground mine. back
monument QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back

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