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Monument record MDR7948 - Gas works (site of), Civic Way, Swadlincote

Type and Period (1)

  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

There is a gas works situated here on the 1st edition 25" OS map of c. 1880. The works continue to expand through the late 19th and early 20th century. (1-3) The area is open space on the 1:10000 OS map of 1977. (4) There is now a supermarket on this site [1994]. (5)

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile).
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1896-1900. OS County Series, 2nd edition (1st revision), scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile).
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1912-1921. OS County Series, 3rd edition (Second Revision), scale 1:2500 (25" to one mile).
  • <4> Map: OS. 1977. OS:10000 1977.
  • <5> Index: Malone, S (RCHME). 1994. National Forest Project Index: UID 924111.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 30108 19701 (117m by 185m)
Civil Parish SWADLINCOTE, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

May 18 2016 5:02PM

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