Monument record 1232003000 - Stoke Court Gasworks

Summary

Site of late nineteenth century estate gasworks to Stoke Court

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (3)

  • GAS WORKS (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1925 AD?)
  • GAS HOLDER (19th Century to Modern - 1876 AD? to 1925 AD?)
  • RETORT HOUSE? (19th Century to Modern - 1876 AD? to 1925 AD?)

Description

Gasometer present on the 1876-1899 OS map indicating a private gasworks to Stoke court, it may have
also provided a limited local supply to West End. Nothing visible survives (B5).
Gasometer and adjacent buildings also shown on 1925 25-inch OS map, though gasometer labelled as disused (B6).

Sources (2)

  • <5>SBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer. p35.
  • <6>SBC25431 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2021. Information from historic OS mapping and aerial photographs.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 97823 84247 (61m by 71m)
Civil Parish STOKE POGES, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 2 2021 2:44PM

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