Monument record HAD 094 - Post Medieval gas works.

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Summary

Hadleigh town gas works (S1)(R1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 0233 4286 (39m by 32m)
Map sheet TM04SW
Civil Parish HADLEIGH, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Hadleigh town gas works (S1)(R1).
A specially constructed (by 1836) gas works by Brown & May's silk mill works (see HAD 051). It lit the town streets up until 1853 (was the original gas works then relocated?). The gas works on the 1880s OS mapping is certainly some distance from the silkworks site.
Mapped on 1880s OS map. Nothing now survives.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <R1> Source Unchecked: ?Kelly's directory. ?Kelly's directory.
  • <S1> (No record type): Suff Indust Archaeol Soc, Jones J, letter to Pendleton C, 16th April 1990.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 30 2013 9:05AM

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