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| Name: | Colour Work (site of), City Rd (southern end), Derby |
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| HER No.: | 32087 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Designation: | None recorded |
Summary
Colour works established by c.1880
| Grid Reference: | SK 353 369 |
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| Parish: | DERBY |
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Monument Type(s):
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Full Description
Named on late 19th century and early 20th century OS maps (1-3)
Entries for colour works in Bulmer's Directory of 1895 show that this works could be either the 'Derby Oxide & Colour Co., Ltd' of City Road or 'Leech, Neal & Co Ltd., colour manufacturers with premises also at Spondon' of City Rd., Derby (4). See SMR 32081 which is the other colour works on City Rd.
No further information at present.
Sources and Further Reading
| [1] | SDR18789 - Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). Sheet L.9. |
| [2] | SDR18790 - Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1896-1900. OS County Series, 2nd edition (1st revision), scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). Sheet L.9, 1901. |
| [3] | SDR20367 - Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1912-1921. OS County Series, 3rd edition (Second Revision), scale 1:2500 (25" to one mile). Sheet L.9, 1914. |
| [4] | SDR348 - Bibliographic reference: Bulmer, T. 1895. History, Topography & Directory of Derby. Derby. |
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