Monument record MDR5705 - Bush's Factory, Nottingham Road, Long Eaton
Type and Period (1)
- LACE FACTORY (Edwardian to Unknown - 1908 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
SK 494 338 Nottingham Road, Bush's Factory. A brick-built lace factory with pitched slated roof alongside the Erewash Valley Railway line on the south side of Nottingham Road, built in 1908 for William Bush, lace manufacturer. From 1931 to 1980, it was the mineral water works of Taylor & Co. Now (in c. 1986) unoccupied. (1)
This single-storey factory, an extension of the Nottingham Road Mill, was built in 1908. The tenant of the front portion of the building was F Bush, who moved into it from Fletcher's Factory in New Tythe Street. By 1929 the mill had no lace tenants and was two-thirds empty. (2)
Now F. M. Steed, furniture upholsterers [2005]. (3)
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SDR6754 Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D. 1986. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology - A Gazetteer of Sites. Part II - Borough of Erewash. p 32.
- <2> SDR18854 Bibliographic reference: Mason, S A. 1994. Nottingham Lace, 1760s-1950s. p 285.
- <3> SDR22141 Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D (ed.). 2005. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology: Gazetteer of Sites, Part II, Borough of Erewash (second edition). p. 32.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 494 338 (100m by 100m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LONG EATON, EREWASH, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Dec 5 2017 4:48PM