Site Event/Activity record ECH7384 - The Manufactured Gas Industry in England

This project aimed to create a detailed but succinct national (England) overview of the manufactured gas industry to inform Historic England policy and conservation strategies. The project was a desk-top study, although informed by past visits by the author to a number of former gasworks sites and over twenty-two years of involvement in the subject. Manufactured gas was one of England’s most extensive and important industries for over 150 years. Gas was manufactured on sites referred to as gasworks, which were present in every city, town and many villages across the country. They had a profound impact on both the urban and rural landscape.