Monument record 0804300000 - Schwarzkopf factory site, California
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (4)
- SILK MILL (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1867 AD?)
- PRINTING WORKS (19th Century - 1867 AD to 1878 AD)
- PAINT FACTORY (19th Century to Modern - 1878 AD? to 1960 AD?)
- PHARMACEUTICAL WORKS (Modern - 1960 AD? to 1990 AD?)
Description
During the early to mid 19th century a number of cottages and gardens were constructed on the western end of the site, along with a silk mill. By the end of the 19th century, the silk mill had been replaced by a printing works, which was in turn converted to an ink works. By the 1960s the site was occupied by a small cosmetics factory which was then replaced by the current factory/warehouse buildings (B1).
No mention of silk mill found in other sources (B2-3).
In 1867 Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd moved from London, first opening a country branch at California (B4).
Historic photographs owned by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society and put online by the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies and Buckinghamshire County Museum show the California printing works, at least one of the pictures taken in 1912 (B5).
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC20685 Unpublished document: Gifford Consulting Engineers. 2003. Land at Penn Road, Aylesbury: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment.
- <2>SBC19614 Bibliographic reference: Elliott Viney & Pamala Nighingale. 1994. Old Aylesbury. p52 (caption to plate 52a).
- <3>SBC19615 Bibliographic reference: Hayward Parrott. 1982. Aylesbury Town Yesterdays. p33.
- <4>SBC19609 Bibliographic reference: Clive Birch. 1993. The Book of Aylesbury. p87.
- <5>SBC22799 Digital archive: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. Buckinghamshire Historic Photographs. phAylesbury1692, 1694.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 81800 13300 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Oct 27 2021 1:57PM
