Monument record 0288602000 - Soho Mill Gasworks

Summary

Site of mid-nineteenth century gasworks to Soho papermill.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • GAS WORKS (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1960 AD?)
  • GAS HOLDER (19th Century to Modern - 1856 AD? to 1960 AD?)

Description

Private gasworks to the Soho Paper mill. Gasometers marked on 1876-1960 OS maps. Smaller earlier
gasometer replaced by larger gasometer. Gasworks present as least as early as 1856, when featured
in the mills sales particulars. Nothing visible survives (B11).

Sources (1)

  • <11>SBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer. p36.

Location

Grid reference SU 90744 87800 (point) NGR to gasometer shown on 1876 1st edition 25-inch OS map
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 2 2021 2:45PM

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