Information for record number MWA7283:
Site of Gasworks

Summary The site of gas works, where gas was produced for domestic use during the Imperial period. It was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It closed down in 1920. The site is 200m south west of Sandy Way, Barford.
What Is It?  
Type: Gas Works
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Barford
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 60
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The gasworks was established in 1872 and in 1874 it is described as consisting of one gasholder and three retorts.
2 Shown on the 1886 Ordnance Survey 1st ed. The gasworks closed in 1920 and the site became a transport depot.
3 Adjacent to the Stratford Road on the site now occupied by Oldhams transport Company.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: A429 Bypass Survey
Author/originator: Palmer N J
Date: 1994
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: History, Directory and Gazetteer of Warwickshire
Author/originator: White, F.
Date: 1874
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Notes
Author/originator: Cave L
Date: 1993
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Glossary

 
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Description  
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument TRANSPORT * This is the top term for the class. See TRANSPORT Class List for narrow terms. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument DOMESTIC * This is the top term for the class. See DOMESTIC Class List for narrow terms. back
monument GAS WORKS * An industrial complex concerned with the manufacture of gas for domestic use from coal and oil. back
monument DEPOT * A building or site used as a storage and distribution centre. back

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