Monument record 0511100000 - Winslow Gas Works, High Street
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- GAS WORKS (Demolished 1881, 19th Century - 1842 AD to 1860 AD)
Description
Winslow gasworks shown on 1st Edition 25-inch OS map. Demolished before 1900 when 2nd edition 25-inch map of 1898-1900 shows site occupied by a terrace of houses (B1).
Winslow Gas Co established in the High Street in 1842 (B2).
Winslow streets were lit by gas from 1843 when a small gasworks was built on the High Street (B3).
The gasworks are in the High St & were erected in 1842 (B4 (1862)).
Old gasworks removed to near the railway station 1860 [see CAS 09447] (Manuscript note adds; old gasworks pulled down March 1881) (B5).
The site was on the west side of the High Street, north of the Boy's School and almost opposite the Chandos Arms. The works was removed in the early 1880s, after the reformed Company built a new gasworks near the railway station. Not known if anything survives (B6).
Sources (6)
- <1>XYSBC22670 Verbal communication: Julia Wise. 2006. Wise J (BCC) from historic 1:500, 25-inch and 6-inch Ordnance Survey maps. [Mapped feature: #1098 ]
- <2>SBC19639 Bibliographic reference: Robert Cook. 1989. The Book of Winslow. p49 caption to upper plate.
- <3>SBC19641 Bibliographic reference: Terry Foley and Julian Hunt. 1997. Winslow. p80 caption to lower plate.
- <4>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p793.
- <5>SBC13900 Bibliographic reference: N A Saving. 1973. GLIMPSES OF PAST DAYS. pp67-68.
- <6>SBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer. p31.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 76973 27842 (21m by 29m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WINSLOW, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Oct 19 2024 1:55PM
