Monument record 1514400000 - Beaconsfield Gas Works, Penn Road

Summary

Site of late nineteenth century gasworks, built about 1865 and demolished by 1955

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Type and Period (2)

  • GAS HOLDER (19th Century to Modern - 1865 AD? to 1922 AD)
  • GAS WORKS (Demolished by 1955, 19th Century to Modern - 1865 AD? to 1912 AD)

Description

Beaconsfield Gas Light Co. was formed in 1865 only supplying the local area. It was sold to the Uxbridge and Hillingdon Gas Consumers Co. in 1908. Gas making ceased in 1912. The gasholders were removed in 1922 and the site cleared by 1955. Nothing visible survives, site now residential development (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>XYSBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer. p25. [Mapped feature: #44800 ]

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 94174 90731 (47m by 67m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 22 2021 6:33PM

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