Monument record 1526010000 - Gasworks E of Peverel Court

Summary

Site of late nineteenth century estate gasworks at Peverel Court

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • GAS WORKS (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • GAS HOLDER (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Gasometer present on the 1878 OS map indicating a private gasworks to Peveral Court, a small country
house. Nothing visible survives (B3).
Gasometer not shown on 1899 2nd edition 25-inch OS map (surveyed 1897), so presumably gasworks ceased operating by then (B4).

Sources (2)

  • <3>XYSBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer. p35. [Mapped feature: #45003 ]
  • <4>SBC25431 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2021. Information from historic OS mapping and aerial photographs.

Location

Grid reference SP 79489 11803 (point)
Civil Parish STONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Aug 5 2021 8:12PM

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