Monument record MDR5718 - Meadow Mills, Meadow Lane, Long Eaton
Type and Period (1)
- LACE FACTORY (Early 20th Century to Unknown - 1911 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Meadow Mills is on Meadow Lane at SK 498329. It comprises a single storey, brick-built lace factory of 1911 with north light slate and glass roof of nine bays, plus offices. It was originally occupied by E Radford, lace manufacturer; now [1986] with additional buildings, part of Herrberger Brooks, piano action makers. (1)
This single-storey factory of 20 standings was planned in 1911 for the Levers lace maker W E Radford, who moved from Regent Street. Radford's was another casualty of the downturn in trade in the 1920s and by 1934 the factory was occupied by a piano manufacturer. (2)
Now occupied by Leisure Furnishings Ltd. (3)
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SDR6754 Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D. 1986. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology - A Gazetteer of Sites. Part II - Borough of Erewash. p 34.
- <2> SDR18854 Bibliographic reference: Mason, S A. 1994. Nottingham Lace, 1760s-1950s. p 291.
- <3> SDR22141 Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D (ed.). 2005. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology: Gazetteer of Sites, Part II, Borough of Erewash (second edition). p. 33.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 498 329 (115m by 149m) (Multiple Site Centre) |
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| Civil Parish | LONG EATON, EREWASH, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Dec 5 2017 4:48PM