Monument record 0581601000 - OXFORD ROAD

Summary

Nineteenth century silk mill

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  • SILK MILL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

SILK MILL OPENED 1830 IN PART OF WORKHOUSE PREMISES. ORIGINALLY 40 LOOMS. BY 1885 70 STEAM-POWERED LOOMS AS WELL AS HAND LOOMS. 200 PEOPLE, MOSTLY GIRLS, EMPLOYED. ENLARGED 1844 WHEN WORKHOUSE MOVED. LATER BECAME HAZELL'S INK FACTORY. NOW DEMOLISHED (B1-2,B4).
NGR TO 'SILK FACTORY' (B3).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p57.
  • <2>SBC5653 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1885. A History of Aylesbury. pp611-612,624- 628.
  • <3>SBC10202 Map: OS 1878/1879 1:500 MAP.
  • <4>SBC667 Graphic material: 1992. AYLESBURY GALLERY, BCM (FEB 1992)(SEE ALSO BCM PHOTO AYL/960).
  • <5>SBC12025 Verbal communication: PIKE A R FEB 1992.

Location

Grid reference SP 81600 13700 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 18 2024 1:06PM

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