Monument record 1514500000 - Burnham Gas Works, Chapel Street

Summary

Site of late nineteenth century gasworks, built about 1863 and closed in 1904

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Type and Period (2)

  • GAS HOLDER (19th Century to Modern - 1863 AD? to 1904 AD)
  • GAS WORKS (Demolished by 1955, 19th Century to Modern - 1863 AD? to 1904 AD)

Description

Burnham United Gas Light & Coke Company Ltd founded 1863. In 1876 Maidenhead Gas Companies Act included provision for the purchase by gas company who closed the gasworks in 1904. Uncertain survival, now appears to be the site of a commercial offices and tyre fitting centre (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>XYSBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer. p25. [Mapped feature: #44802 ]

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 93057 82741 (15m by 38m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 10 2022 11:46AM

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