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| HER Number: | MDV122646 |
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| Name: | Axminster Gas Works |
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Summary
Site of Axminster Gas Works which opened in 1838.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 295 986 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY29NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Axminster |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | AXMINSTER |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- GAS WORKS (Built, XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Gas Works marked.
Knapman, D., 2018, A Town Shaped by Water, 33 (Report - non-specific). SDV361670.
The gas works opened in 1838. Referred to as the Axminster Gas and Coke Works in a sale notice of 1866. The works suffered a fire in February 1895 and in the same month frost damage caused the collapse of one of the iron columns and some of the principal stays of the gasometer. The company supplied gas to the town lighting. The number of lamps was increased in the early 20th century from 44 to 49. The company merged with its Seaton equivalent in the 1920s becoming the Seaton, Axminster & District Gas Co Ltd. The company was dissolved in 1950.
See report for more information.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #112857 ] |
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| SDV361670 | Report - non-specific: Knapman, D.. 2018. A Town Shaped by Water. Digital. 33. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 24 2018 9:48AM |
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