Information for record number MWA3779:
Napton Brick and Tile Works

Summary The site of Napton Brickworks which are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. They date from the Imperial period through to Modern times, closing down in the 1970s. They were located between the Oxford Canal and the Napton Windmill.
What Is It?  
Type: Brickworks, Brick Kiln, Kiln, Clay Pit, Steam Engine
Period: Modern (1910 AD - 1973 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Napton on the Hill
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 45 61
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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Description

  
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1 Originally owned by a firm called ?Alloy Bricks. The kilns were originally coal-fired, the coal coming by canal; c1963 they installed oil-fired German machinery including a linear kiln and linear drying oven. Clay was taken from the slope at the back of the works. After several years the firm went bankrupt, but was run under new management until finally closing c1973. Items including a stationary steam engine were auctioned in 1976.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Napton Brickworks
Author/originator: Phillips C R
Date: 1976
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Images:  
Aerial view of Napton Brickworks site, Napton on the Hill
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1992
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Workers in a clay pit, part of Napton Brickworks, Napton on the Hill
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1920s
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Napton Brickworks, Napton on the Hill
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1950s
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Napton Brickworks, Napton on the Hill
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1900s
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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 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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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 CLAY PIT * A place from which clay is extracted. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument WINDMILL * A tower-like structure of wood or brick with a wooden cap and sails which are driven around by the wind producing power to work the internal machinery. Use with product type where known. back
monument OVEN * A brick, stone or iron receptacle for baking bread or other food in. back
monument BRICKWORKS * An industrial manufacturing complex producing bricks. back
monument KILN * A furnace or oven for burning, baking or drying. Use specific type where known. back
monument CANAL * An artificial navigable waterway used for the transportation of goods. Nowadays also used for recreational purposes. back
monument STEAM ENGINE * An engine in which the mechanical force of steam is made available as a motive power for driving machinery. back
monument MACHINERY * Apparatus used for applying a mechanical force, or to perform a particular function. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BRICK KILN * A kiln or furnace for the firing of bricks. back
monument WORKS * Usually a complex of buildings for the processing of raw materials. Use specific type where known. back

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