Monument record 0032903000 - Gasworks to N of The Lilies
Summary
Site of late nineteenth century estate gasworks at The Lilies, shown on historic maps.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (3)
- GAS WORKS (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- GAS HOLDER (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- GAS HOUSE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
'Gasometer' shown on 1st edition 25-inch OS map at NGR; shown on 1900 2nd edition edition 6-inch map as 'Gasometers', so presumably gasworks had been expanded. Ancillary buildings (but not the gasometers) shown on subsequent OS maps until the 1960s (B10).
Notice of auction published in The Times of 4th July 1894 mentions 'gas houses and two retorts' (B7).
Lilies house built 1870 for Vernon Brittain. The Ordnance Survey of 1878-80 shows a single, very small 'gasometer ‘about 70 yards north of the house but hidden from it by a mixed plantation. The gas plant was made by James Copcutt [gas engineer of Aylesbury]. Nothing visible survives (B14).
Sources (3)
- <7>SBC4488 Unpublished document: Peter Eaton. 1986. A HISTORY OF LILIES (2ND EDITION). p28.
- <10>SBC23834 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2010. Information from OS 6-inch and 25-inch historic mapping.
- <14>SBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer. p33.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 81130 18515 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEEDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
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Record last edited
May 23 2021 3:11PM
