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Title:

Desk-Based Assessment at Clensmore Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Series:

Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5284/1041843

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Abstract:

A desk-based assessment for the historic environment was undertaken at Clensmore Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (NGR SO 829 774). It was undertaken on behalf of Bellway Homes Ltd, who intends to redevelop the site. It comprises a sub-rectangular piece of land bounded by Clensmore Street and Stoney Lane to the southeast, Red Sands Road to the northeast and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal to the west. There is at present no evidence of activity predating the post-medieval/modern period either within or adjacent to the site. However, as the site is located on the edge of the floodplain of the River Stour, it would have been rich in natural, particularly food, resources from the prehistoric onwards. Cartographic sources indicate that there were occasional buildings off Clensmore Street by the early 19th century. The corn (or steam) mill along the canal and Clensmore House along the frontage of Clensmore Street existed by the 1830s. The iron foundry and carpet works were established by 1859 and 1866 respectively. The northern two-thirds of the site appear to have been undeveloped fields and meadows up to the latter half of the 19th century. Sand quarrying was then undertaken within the middle third of the site in the early decades of the 20th century, prior to expansion of the industrial works across much of the site by the 1970s. Despite the many alterations to the site, the buildings on the south side of the site, adjacent to the canal, appear to contain early and later 19th century elements, including one which incorporates the Corn Mill which is recorded on the site as early as 1838. Part of the 19th century north boundary wall of the carpet factory still exists, adjacent to these buildings. The rest of the buildings on the site appear to date to the middle and latter half of the 20th century.

Author:

E A Curran
Tom Vaughan

Publisher:

Worcestershire Archaeology

Other Person/Org:

Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)

Year of Publication:

2009

Locations:

Site:	Clensmore Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
County:	Worcestershire
District:	Wyre Forest
Parish:	KIDDERMINSTER
Country:	England

Grid Reference: 382900, 277400 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	CORN MILL (Monument Type England)
	DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
	FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
	DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)

Identifiers:

OASIS Id:	fieldsec1-236215
OBIB:	Report Reference 1708

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Created Date:

18 Aug 2017