| HER Number (PRN): | 31724 |
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| Name: | Gronwen Wharf and cottage, Montgomery Canal |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
A former canal wharf, on the Montgomery Canal (PRN 00927).
| Parish: | Oswestry Rural, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ32SW |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 30420 24676 |
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Related records
| 00927 | Related to: Montgomery Canal (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA6395 - 1993 field observation of damage to the Montgomery Canal's heritage by G. Deamer
Description
Gronwen Wharf cottage dates to c.1870 on the site of an earlier building. Former two (now one) Shropshire Union Canal company cottages in the site of a former canal loading wharf. Described as ruinous during survey in 1993. The wharf is a rare relic of the early 19th century Morda coalfield. <1>
Wharf indicated on 1839 tithe map. <2>
Cottage photographed in 1997. <3>
<01> Deamer G, 1993, The conservation of the built environment on the Montgomery Canal: a memorandum addressed to the Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust [draft], Appendix C (Deskbased survey report). SSA23414.
<02> Shropshire Archives, 2003, Collection of Scanned copies of the Foxall Tithe Award Map Transcriptions (Map). SSA22368.
<03> Anon, 1997, Montgomery Canal photographs, July 1997 (Field survey report). SSA23851.
Sources
| [01] | SSA23414 - Deskbased survey report: Deamer G. 1993. The conservation of the built environment on the Montgomery Canal: a memorandum addressed to the Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust [draft]. Appendix C. |
| [02] | SSA22368 - Map: Shropshire Archives. 2003. Collection of Scanned copies of the Foxall Tithe Award Map Transcriptions. Foxall map transcripts. 1:10560. |
| [03] | SSA23851 - Field survey report: Anon. 1997. Montgomery Canal photographs, July 1997. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 10 2019 4:26PM |
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