Monument record 0104105000 - Gasworks at The Abbey, Aston Abbotts

Summary

Site of late nineteenth century estate gasworks to The Abbey

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (3)

  • GAS WORKS (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • GAS HOLDER (19th Century - 1880 AD? to 1899 AD?)
  • RETORT HOUSE? (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Private gasworks associated with the Abbey. Present on 1880 OS Map, disused by 1899. Nothing visible
survives (B13).
A gasometer is marked on the 1880 1st edition 25-inch OS and marked as 'disused' on the 1899 2nd edition 25-inch OS map. A small building (the retort house?) immediately to the east of the gasometer is shown on the OS mapping and appears to still survive (B14).

Sources (2)

  • <13>XYSBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer. p32. [Mapped feature: #45969 ]
  • <14>SBC25431 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2021. Information from historic OS mapping and aerial photographs.

Location

Grid reference SP 84496 19989 (point)
Civil Parish ASTON ABBOTTS, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 27 2021 12:46PM

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