Monument record 0977201000 - Cheddington Station gasworks
Summary
Site of late nineteenth century gasworks at Cheddington Station, constructed in 1869
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (3)
- GAS WORKS (Constructed 1869, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- GAS HOLDER (19th Century to Modern - 1869 AD to 1960 AD?)
- RETORT HOUSE? (20th Century to Modern - 1900 AD? to 1960 AD?)
Description
In 1869 a small gas works was installed to provide for station and signal lighting (B2).
Private gasworks built to supply the station built by James Copcutt, shown on the 1880-1925 OS maps.
Now the site of Cheddington Station car park. Nothing visible survives (B3).
The gasometer and adjacent building, presumably the retort house, also shown on 1933 and 1952 6-inch OS maps and 1948 RAF Aps but had been demolished by 1966 (B4).
Sources (3)
- <2>SBC23891 Bibliographic reference: Colin G Maggs. 2010. The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire. page 138.
- <3>XYSBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer. p33. [Mapped feature: #45971 ]
- <4>SBC25431 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2021. Information from historic OS mapping and aerial photographs.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 92226 18525 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHEDDINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Oct 31 2021 5:59PM
