Information for record number MWA9070:
Tramlines, Warwick Town Centre

Summary Tramlines found at Jury Street, at the junction of Coventry Road, St Johns and Coten End and at the western end of St Johns during water mains renewal works.
What Is It?  
Type: Tramway
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Warwick
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Tramlines
1 A pair of tramlines were revealed below the tarmac on Jury Street. At the junction of Coventry Road, St Johns and Coten End a single tram rail was found down the centre of the Road with a rebate on the outer, northern edge. At the western end of St Johns there were a pair of standard guage tramlines, 1.42m apart, directly below the tarmac. Here the rebates on the tram rails lay in the outer third of each track. The single rail alignment is different to that at St Johns and it seems that it may be part of a tram loop that can be seen on early C20 OS maps, allowing trams to pass on their way up and down Smith Street.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Observation Report
Title: Further Observation of Warwick Town Centre STW Water Main Renewals
Author/originator: Jones C & Coutts C
Date: 2001
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Report 0118
   
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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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monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument TRAMWAY * A track inlaid into a surface, on which tram cars run for the conveyance of passengers and/or goods or raw materials. back
monument TOWN * An assemblage of public and private buildings, larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government. back
monument WORKS * Usually a complex of buildings for the processing of raw materials. Use specific type where known. back

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