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Monument record MDR7952 - Fire brick and terracotta works (site of), Common Road, Swadlincote

Type and Period (4)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

SK 3035 1915. Fire Brick and Terra Cotta Works (named on map), with clay pits (not named) shown as earthworks connected to works by means of a tramway/railway (not named). (1) Brick Works (named on map). Clay pits (not named) connected to works by a tramway (named on map). (2) Middle Works (named on map). Clay pits (not named) connected to works by a tramway (named on map). (3, 4) The area is shown as open ground on the 1977 OS map. (5) The area has been landscaped and partly built on by South Derbyshire Ski Centre by 1994. (6)

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> Map: OS. 1887. OS County series 1:10560, sheet Derbys LX NE/Leics XV NE. Surveyed 1879-81, published 1887. 1:10560.
  • <2> Map: OS. 1902. OS County Series: 1:10560 Sheet Derbys LX NE/Leics XV NE. Second edition 1902. 1:10560.
  • <3> Map: OS. 1925. OS County Series 1:10560. Derbys LX NE/Leics XV NE Edition of 1925, revised 1920-1.
  • <4> Map: OS. 1938. OS County Series: 1:10560. Derbys LX NE/Leics XV NE. Provisional edition, revision of 1920-1, with additions in 1938. 1:10560.
  • <5> Map: OS. 1977. OS:10000 1977.
  • <6> Index: Malone, S (RCHME). 1994. National Forest Project Index: UID 924111.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 30365 19109 (225m by 443m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish SWADLINCOTE, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

May 18 2016 5:02PM

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