Information for record number MWA1898:
Fellmongery Works, Church Street, Nuneaton

Summary Fellmongery Works, a leather factory that was built during the Imperial period. It was situated on Church Street, Nuneaton.
What Is It?  
Type: Industrial Building, Leather Factory
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 36 91
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Fellmongery Works: formerly Nuneaton Wool and Leather Co. established in 1864 by J F Johnson to make chamois leather cloths. Now Union Wool and Leather. Assorted buildings mostly of red brick decorated round windows in yellow and Staffs blue like Kidderminster mills. Good three storey block beside small lake.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: DoE
Author/originator: Falconer K A
Date: 1980
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Industrial Monuments
   
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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 BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument LAKE * A large body of water surrounded by land. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument INDUSTRIAL BUILDING * Any building designed or adapted to accommodate trades and manufacturing activity. Use more specific site where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument LEATHER FACTORY * A factory for the manufacture of leather goods, such as shoes, saddles, etc. Use TANNERY for the manufacture of leather. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument FELLMONGERY * A building used for the preparation of animal skins and hides prior to the tanning process. back
monument ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. back
monument WORKS * Usually a complex of buildings for the processing of raw materials. Use specific type where known. back

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