| HER Number (PRN): | 06555 |
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| Name: | Bridgewater Foundry, Ellesmere |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Ellesmere |
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Monument Type(s):
- FOUNDRY (Mid 19th century to 20th century (inter-war) - 1837 AD to 1920 AD)
Summary
The Bridgewater Foundry was in operation on the canal wharf at Ellesmere by the mid 1850s. After 1920 its site was occupied by a creamery (PRN 06554).
| Parish: | Ellesmere Urban, North Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ33SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 3986 3453 |
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Related records
| 06554 | Parent of: Cheese Factory, Ellesmere (Monument) |
| 03414 | Related to: Ellesmere Canal (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA6275 - 2008 DBA and site visit of land at Ellesmere Creamery by OAS
Description
Bridgewater Foundry next to a terminus of the Shropshire Union Canal (PRN 03414) <1>
Factory. Product not indicated. Map indicates historic building(s) have been demolished <2><3>
W Clay was operating the Bridgewater Foundry on the canal wharf at Ellesmere (SJ 397 345) by the mid 1850s. After 1920 its site was occupied by a creamery. (PRN 06554)<4>
Not shown on 1835 map <5>
Shown on 1874 map <6>
CMHTS Comment:- Now demolished and built over (cheese factory). Duplicate of PRN 05229 <7>
CMHTS Report. Duplicate of PRN 05229 <8>
The Bridgewater Foundry or Clay's Iron Foundry was established sometime between 1839 and 1874. What preceded the foundry is unknown but 'timber yard' is assigned to the field on the tithe map of 1839. It produced castings for the canal and for the estate of the Earl of Bridgewater who built most of the commercial premises on the canal wharf. The foundry was extended northwards between 1874 and 1901. The foundry was shut down in the early 20th century as the ploughs it was making could be produced more cheaply in the Black Country. <9>
<01> Ordnance Survey, 1890, OS County Series 13NW, 1890 (Map). SSA9578.
<02> Ordnance Survey, 1954, OS SJ33SE, 1954 (Map). SSA9580.
<03> Ordnance Survey, 1980, OS SJ33SE, 1980 (Map). SSA9579.
<04> Trinder Barrie, 1996, The Industrial Archaeology of Shropshire, p62 (Monograph). SSA21923.
<05> Wood J, 1835, Plan of Ellesmere (Map). SSA11520.
<06> Ordnance Survey, 1893, OS County Series 13.02, 1893 (Map). SSA11518.
<07> Buteux Victoria, 1993/ 1996, CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Ellesmere and High Ercall, Ellesmere 5229 (Record form). SSA19967.
<08> Buteux Victoria et al, 1996, Archaeological Assessment of Ellesmere, Shropshire (CMHTS) (Historic landscape survey report). SSA12070.
<09> Fenton-Thomas C, 2008, Site of the Former Creamery, Ellesmere: report on an archaeological desk based assessment (Deskbased survey report). SSA23249.
Sources
| [01] | SSA9578 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1890. OS County Series 13NW, 1890. OS County Series. 13NW. 1:10560. |
| [02] | SSA9580 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1954. OS SJ33SE, 1954. OS National Grid Series. SJ33SE. 1:10560. |
| [03] | SSA9579 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1980. OS SJ33SE, 1980. OS National Grid Series. SJ33SE. 1:10000. |
| [04] | SSA21923 - Monograph: Trinder Barrie. 1996. The Industrial Archaeology of Shropshire. p62. |
| [05] | SSA11520 - Map: Wood J. 1835. Plan of Ellesmere. |
| [06] | SSA11518 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893. OS County Series 13.02, 1893. OS County Series. 13.02. 1:2500. |
| [07] | SSA19967 - Record form: Buteux Victoria. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Ellesmere and High Ercall. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 4. Ellesmere 5229. |
| [08] | SSA12070 - Historic landscape survey report: Buteux Victoria et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Ellesmere, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 314. |
| [09] | SSA23249 - Deskbased survey report: Fenton-Thomas C. 2008. Site of the Former Creamery, Ellesmere: report on an archaeological desk based assessment. OSA Arch Rep. OSA08DT14. |
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 4 2017 12:33PM |
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