Monument record 0511600000 - RAILWAY WHARF, WINSLOW: brickworks

Summary

In 1877, William Buckingham is noted as a Brickmaker at Railway Wharf and a large area of excavations, long sheds and a raised track connecting to the railway are noted on a nineteenth century map

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Type and Period (2)

BRICKWORKS (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
EXTRACTIVE PIT (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

KELLY'S DIRECTORIES:1877 BUCKINGHAM, W, BRICK & TILEMAKER, RAILWAY WHARF; 1883 FOXLEY, WILLIAM RAILWAY WHARF, BRICKMAKER; 1903-7 RIDGWAY WILLIAM, BRICKMAKER (1). BRICKWORKS AT NGR (2). SITE OVERGROWN. A RAISED PLATFORM BY RAILWAY AT SP 7691 2854 MAY BE THE 'WHARF' (3). KILN DEMOLISHED IN THE 1970'S. WORKS STARTED C1868, CLOSING C1910 (4).
The OS 1st Edition 6in Map surveyd in 1880 shows the land being excavated leaving ponds behind and the area of workings linked by a raised track to the railway line. By 1976-77 when the OS 1:10,000 sheet was surveyed for revision all the buildings and excavations appear to have gone leaving only the placename 'Brickyard Farm' as evidence (5, 6).

A large irregular shaped extractive pit post medieval/modern date is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located on the north side of the railway, opposite the site of the former station (renamed Old Station Close), Winslow, and centred at SP 76933 28549. (7-8)

Sources (8)

<1>SBC7011 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS 1877-1907.
<2>SBC10335 Map: OS 1900 2ND EDITION 1:10560 MAP.
<3>SBC12506 Bibliographic reference: RAINS M J FEB 1982 FIELD VISIT (SEE HIS WINSLOW PA RISH SURVEY IN CAS FILE 2802).
<4>SBC16548 Bibliographic reference: WIGLEY A H 1980.
<5>SBC20218 Unpublished document: CMAG. 1980(?)-2001. Mineral Extraction Sites in Buckinghamshire.
<6>SBC20217 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1878-80. OS 1st Edition 6 inch map: Sheet 19.
<7>SBC25717 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/86 RV 6175 26-Mar-1946.
<8>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP7628 Environment Agency 1m DTM Composite 2017-2019 date accessed 25-Feb-2020.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 7694 2852 (557m by 308m)
Civil Parish	WINSLOW, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)

Record last edited

Sep 13 2022 7:22PM