RESEARCHING THE ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS OF ENGLISH HERITAGE INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE ABOUT THE COLLECTION � INDEX � OTHER RESOURCES � Find out what’s available and how to access the collections Consett Steel Works, County Durham, showing trackways and overhead piping. The works supplied the materials for Blackpool Tower and Britain ’s most famous nuclear submarines. Photographer: Eric De Mare (AA98/06557) Warning – before printing, be aware this document comprises over 400 pages. English Heritage Archive Collections About the Collection: The collections we look after are a national archive of the historic environment.They include over 12 million individual items: the majority How to Research your Local Industrial Heritage are photographs, but there are also plans, drawings, research notes and files.The archives represent the results of a century of documentation Are you interested in finding out more about your town’s local industry? and collecting – the work of the researchers of English Heritage and its Or do you wantw to kno more about an industry your family worked predecessor organisations, but also of long lasting programmes of in? Whether you are a local historian, a student of architecture or social collecting and acquisition. For more details of our overall holdings visit history, or just interested from a personal point of view, use this online the English Heritage website. guide as a starting point for your investigation. Our archive collections ar e a treasure trove of material showing how It will tell you what collections of original photographs and documents the English landscape, cityscape and society were transformed by the are held, and as the vast majority of these are unique and unpublished, Industrial Revolution. they are onlye to b found in the English Heritage archive. Architectural plans, reports, and historic photographse and are just som of the What the guide does resources available. The size and variety of the collections mean that a guide like this cannot be comprehensive. It aims to indicate the richest areas for industrial Choose an industry from the index and it will tell you which collection history and sho w the best ways to search and access the collections. In holds records related to this subject. Follow the link to the collection par ticular it provides a route into the collections by industry, through profile and a summary of its contents will help you decide if they are of the index which follows this introduction. inter est to you.This profile also has advice on how to access the If you have already identified a specific industrial building or site you are contents, which will be useful for your next step. interested in, you should also look at our online catalogue where you can sear ch the records wey hold b location or place name. What the guide covers English Heritage and its predecessors, which provide detailed The guide concentrates on collections which document the period information on particular industries and sites. from 1750 to the present day: As well as collections which have been listed in detail, we have also • mining and quarrying • processing and manufacturing included holdings which are not yet fully catalogued, but whiche can b • power and utilities • transport and communication consulted. Further details on the accessibility of collections and how to consult them are included. The index in this guide provides a good summary of the industries and subjects represented. What’s in the guide The entries include information under the following headings: Some of the collections are specifically focussed on an industrial site or topic, but we have also included other collections which touch on Reference a wide range of subject matter if this includes particularly important You can use this reference to search the English Heritage Archives or widespread coverage of industry. For example the Henry Taunt website for more details of the collection. collection is the archive of a commercial photographer covering many Name of Collection aspectse of lif in the Thames Valley in the late 19th and early 20th centur y – but it also includes detailed documentation of the Witney Description blanket industry, as well as coverage of a whole range of industrial A short summary of the contents of the collection, highlighting any workshops and sites. industrial themes which are particularly strong. Overall content and industrial content The collections include archives of images taken by a wide range of These entries indicate the overall size of the collection, the kind of archive professional and amateur recorders, and f or an equally wide range of items it contains and how much of the content covers industrial subjects. reasons.They also contain reports, photographs and plans created by Dates (of archive creation) Collectionsn not i the guide This indicates the approximate dates when the archive records were There are two key areas which may contain additional material on created, for example when photographs were taken particular sites that are not included in this guide: or a report written. Please note that it doesn’t indicate the date of the subject of the record, which can of course be significantly older. • The open access “red box” collection.This historic collection is arranged by county and by parish, and includes photography taken or Ho w to access the collection collected between the 1940s and the 1980s. This section w ill tell you whether the collection has been catalogued, whether any of the images have been digitised, and how to access the • Our aerial photographic collections, which include comprehensive archive items. coverage of England from the 1940s onwards. We have catalogued many of our collections and full listings can be For further details of these collections and how to access them, contact found and searched on the English Heritage Archives website.Where our Enquiry & Research Services. we have digitised images from these collections you can also find and view these on this website. Contact us For further information about using these collections, or to see archive Where we have not yet catalogued a collection in detail you can still items which have not been digitised please contact our Enquiry & see a summary entry on the website. Some collections may have a list Research Services by emailing nmrinfo@english­heritage.org.uk or available, others are organised by place, making it possible to search for phoning us on 01793 414600. coverage of specific sites. Other resources The following English Heritage websites may be helpful in providing additional information on industrial sites and heritage. • Heritage Gateway: National and local records for England’s historic sites and buildings • PastScape: England’s archaeological and architectural heritage • Images of England: Contemporary colour photographs of England’s listed buildings • Heritage Explorer: Images for learning, resources for teachers ENGLISH HERITAGE INDUSTRIAL COLLECTIONS A Aircraft Engine Factory BF106716 The Power Jets Factory,Whetstone, Leicestershire Aircraft Factory FAH01 Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough photographic record PSA01 Property Services Agency RCH01/056 Cold War Project Airfield EHC01/069 ‘Restoration’ FAH01 Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough photographic record LFT01 Luftwaffe Aerial Collection (Wakefield) PSA01 Property Services Agency Airport BF106274 London Luton Airport, Luton BF109075 Bircham Newton Airfield, Bircham GCG01 George Charles Green Collection JRP01 John R Pantlin Alum Quarry AF00108 Kettleness Alum Works Alum Works AF00108 Kettleness Alum Works Aluminium Works BF111945 Sapa Profiles Aluminium Works, Banbury, Oxfordshire BWS01 Banister Walton steel frame photograph album Aqueduct EHC01/005 Buildings of England: Manchester EHC01/037 Buildings at Risk EHC01/054 Buildings of England: Shropshire JWE01 J W Evans Photographic Collection A Architectural Ornament Workshop MAR03 H H Martyn Armament Manufacturing Site RCH01/056 Cold War Project B Bakery MTS01 Matthew T Shaw and Company Limited Bell Foundry NBR28 Album of photographs on Gillett and Johnston, bell founders of Croydon Blacksmith's Workshop BF109009 Blacksmith’s Workshop, Chedham’s Yard,Wellesbourne BF111198 Newark’s Industrial Archaeological Resource Blast Furnace BF103144 Moira Blast Furnace,Moira,Ashby Woulds, Leicestershire MLS01 Mills, Dudley Bottle Works LLX01 Sydney Vivian Frederick Leleux Collection Brass Works BF075629 Dalton Young Premises,Warmley, Siston, Gloucestershire BF109173 Hudson Edmunds and Co Ltd, Birmingham Brewery BF106629 Ushers Brewery, Back Street,Trowbridge BF107189 The Old Brewery,Trouncer and Co, Longden Coleham, Shrewsbury BF108049 The Anglo Bavarian Brewery, Commercial Road, Shepton Mallet BF108500 Hook Norton Brewery Company Ltd, Brewery Lane, Hook Norton BF110482 Reynolds Brewery and the Swan Inn, St Thomas Street,Weymouth BF111198 Newark’s Industrial Archaeological Resource BF112642 Mitchell’s Brewery, Lancaster BF114212 Former Adam’s Brewery Site and Maltings, Halstead BHS01 Brewery History Society BOO01 A and J Bool CIP01 Cornish Industrial Archaeology photographic prints � B Brewery (continued) DES01 Eileen Deste EHC01/159 Nottingham Project ICB01 Ind Coope and Co. Ltd and Hall's Oxford Brewery Ltd JWC01 J W Chase photographs of industrial archaeology, stationary engines and pumps PAL01 F J Palmer Collection WAC01 Illustrated printed book relating to bridges and steel work by William Arrol and Company Ltd Brickworks AF1344516 English Heritage:The Ferro Ceramic Mine and Shaugh