Information for record number MWA3811:
Drinking Fountain at Main St, Middle Tysoe

Summary The site of a drinking fountain dating to the Imperial period. It is situated outside The Laurels (opposite the Peacock Inn) on Main Street, Middle Tysoe.
What Is It?  
Type: Drinking Fountain
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Tysoe
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 34 44
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Opposite the Peacock Inn. This is one of several stone-built, roofed drinking-fountains which still stand on their original sites in S Warwickshire. The village water supply was, in the 19th century, the responsibility of the Marquis of Northampton.
2 Photographed in 1985.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Photograph
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: PWF
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3835
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: PWF
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2387
   
Images:  
A drinking fountain at Middle Tysoe
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1983
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. 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 DRINKING FOUNTAIN * A fountain erected specifically to supply drinking water. back
monument INN * A public house for the lodging and entertainment of travellers, etc. back
monument VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FOUNTAIN * An artificial aperture from which water springs. The water supply usually came from a lake or reservoir higher up in order to ensure the necessary flow and pressure. More recently fountains have been powered by pumps. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back

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