Monument record 2088/11/0 - Gasworks, Audlem

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6543, 1875-1893 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a gasworks, comprising one building and on gasometer (labelled), at this location.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6543, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

As peviously depicted.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6543, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

nly the southern part of the building is extant. A new gasometer has been constructed and a new building is depicted to the east of the gasometers. A further new building is located adjacent to the road.

<4> Thomas R, 2020, Historic England Research Report: The Manufactured Gas Industry in England (volumes I-V), Vol.III p.44 (Report). SCH9005.

The Audlem gasworks were opened in 1872, by they were built by Willey & Ford of Exeter, who also laid services and fixed gas-fittings. The company operated as the Audlem Gas & Coke Co. Ltd. The gasworks were to be closed in 1927, but they survived and in 1949 Nationalised as part of West Midlands Gas Board.

<5> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 03/01/2025 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The site had been predominantly cleared of buildings and structures by the early 1970s and was redeveloped for housing in the 1990s.