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Leic€stsrshire lndustrial HBtory Society, Thls guide does not purport to be an intensive Leicestedhirc Archaeology Vol 3: gazetteer of the lA sites in the East Midlands. lndust al Archaeology, Leics Museums Art The authors have selecled sites within seven Galleries and Records Service 1983. regions within the four counties and seven towns Leleux Robin, A Reglonal History of the mainly located within those regions; they are Bailways of Grcat Britain Vol 9: The East shown on the map opposite. These sections and Midlands, Oavid & Charles 1976. the county introductions are lettered A to T and Lindssy Jean, The Trcnt end Me6ey canal, the sites numbered A1, A2 etc within each David and Charles 1979. section. A classified subjec't index is provided on Nixon Frank, The lndustrial Archaeology of page 51 Derbyshire, David & Charles 1979. Although the booklet is divided under county Ow.n Colin. fhe Leiceste8hire and South headings, for convenience of access and descrip_ Detuyshie Coalfield I 2O0-, 9(n, Mootland tion ll'ere is some crossing o{ county boundaries, Publishing 1984. eg parts of Derbyshire are included in the Trent P.lmer Marilyn, F/a/rework Knitting, Shie Valley under Nottinghamshire and parts of Publications, l9B4. west Leiceslershire are included in the South Patti* Ambet, Maltings in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire Coalf ield s€ction. A SuNey in lndustrial Archaeolory, Notis It is hoped that the reader will appreciate County Council,1977. the diversity oJ industry within the East Povsner Nikolaus et al, lhe Buildio$ of Midlands and be templed to lnvestigate further. Ehgland Se es, Nottinghamshire'1979, Any omissions or errors ale the responsibility Derbyshire 1979, Leicestershire and Rutland o{ the authors who gratefully acknowlecige the 1984, Penguin Books. commenls and suggestions received trom Smith David M, /rdust al Archaeology of the members of the Derbyshire, Northamplonshire East Midlahds, David & Charles 1965. and Noltinghamshire societies. LOCAL SOCIETIES USEFU L MAPS Dehysh i rc Archaeological Society. I ndustrial 'i 1 :50,000 First Series Sheet Nos 1 19, 120, 28, Archaeology Section. Sec I H Mitchell, 159 129, 1@, 1 40, 151 and 152. Draycolt Road, Sawley, Lonq Eaton NG10 3BX One lnch Series Sheet Nos 111 .-112,120,121, Leicestershire lndustrial H istory Society, Sec 1 22. 1 23. 1 32. 1 33 and 1 34. Dr M Palmer,54 Chapel Street, Measham, Burton on Trent DE12 7JD. FURTHER READING Nofthatuptonshire lndust al Archaeolory Gtoup, Chapman, S(anley D, The Eatly FactorY Maste.s, Sec G. Slarmer, 11 Broadway, Northampton Dav d & Charlcs 1967. NNl 4SF. Cooper, Br an, Transformation of a Valley: The Derbyshire Detwent, I \e Iremann 1983- Notti nghamsh i rc I ndustrial Archaeolog ical Hadfield, Char es, Canals of the East Midlands, Society, Sec F Hodges,44 Wadham Foad, Davld & Char es 1970. Woodthorp{r. NoltinEham NG5 4JB. Derbyshire Archaeological Society, De rbys hi te lndusttial Archaeology: A Gazetteet of Railway & Caoal Historical Society, Sec Sites, Pt I Borough of High Peak,1984 J Sheldon.9 Gloucester Ave, Nuthall, Pt 2 Botough of Erewasr, 1986. (Ongoinq Nottingham NG16 1AL. 2 t qooq o] ,((UJe aqt Jol! ro+.rapro a6rel e :sape4 'porred clJols!qard aq] u! uoJ! +o uotlcn@ld eq] ,luel roqleal pue al!lxol a tsuelxo 6u!pnlcu! 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Th6 South Bridgeover the Nene is worth looking at, as isthe now disused neo-Tudor railway station Et Billitlg Mill (814611). An earlv millsite,much o{ 1845 (TL 04698'l ) on the Northampton and o{ the present building and the machinery Pet6rborough Bailway. dates from the 19th century. lt is preserved as a museum o, milling and is open weekend after_ 80 adrton Mill, Oundl. (TL 051875). A Domesday noons. The museum also houses a horse engine, site, the present mill ground corn unlil 1900 removed from Eversholt in Bedfordshire. when it was converted to supply water and electricity 10 the village and the Rothschild 84 Victori! Mill, Wollir|oborou0h (902665). A 4- Estate. Two turblnes and Evo gas engine6 were storey steam powered roller mill built by J B install€d and have been restored; themill isopen Whitworth in 1886 (see initials and datestone on as a museum, with associated fishery, basketry gable). lt stands alongside the Nene and has road, and lorge displays on weekend afternoons. lail and canal acc€ss; grain was delivercd by water unti, 19m and the remains of the unloading Bto Wdlt' Mill, Brig.to.k (945856). An impressive wharf can still be seen. The mill was electrified fourstorey Weldon stone mill, very tall for its in 1958 and is still in us€. width. lt was opened in 1873 as a clothing factory with extensive fenestration to provide B5 Wltor Tour.r, Fin€don (926717). An elaborate light worklng conditions tor machinists. lt was Victorian polychromatic brick structure with a converted to the oflic€s oI an architectural castellated 10p. practice and was awarded a prize by the FiICS in 1984 for sympatheric r+use of an industrial S lrch.st r (9'15660). Now a Countryside Park, it building. is the site of the quarries opened by the lrchester lronstone Company in 1912 and, despite tree planting, gives an impression of the hill and dale method of ironslone working. Expo6ed quarry faces can be seen around the perirn€ter, together with the remains o{ mineral railways. ,rx^. E, B.rnwell Mill snd Lock. Oundl. (TL 038870). A stone built mill with wooden lucam, part datinq t from 1746 (see datestone at rear). lt is a good I: I I example o{ a millassociated with a ri\€r naviga_ tion. The lock is typical of many on the Nene, i with a pair of standard gates at one end and a massive guillotine gale at the other for flood *i: prevention.