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Listed Building record MDR14947 - Ashover Filling Station, Ashover

Type and Period (2)

  • (Stuart to 21st Century - 1671 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Stuart to Victorian - 1671 AD to 1900 AD)

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Full Description

Vehicles parked in the building to the right of the forecourt which now bears the garage nameplate. In the early 1900s the filling station began to operate a taxi service to and from Stretton Station on the Midland Railway. The taxi was a Ford Model T which carrried wealthy visitors to Ashover's two hydropathic institutions, Ashover House and Amber Vale. (1) Vernacular building dated to 1671 as indicated by datestone. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Warner, T & Buxton, P (North East Derbyshire District Council). 1979. Ashover Village Trail.
  • <2> Index: Evans, R. 1976. Some dated vernacular buildings in Derbyshire.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 3494 6323 (21m by 21m)
Civil Parish ASHOVER, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jan 16 2024 11:49PM

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