New Mills Tin Works
Not a massive amount to say or see with this one, but I enjoyed it, and I'm pleased with the photos I got from here, so I'm sure it's worth a report.
There are some fairly well ruined buildings in a little settlement called New Mills in Gloucestershire, it took quite a bit of doing to find any history on this, but luckily with the help of OS Maps I was able to find a name for the site so I could investigate it further.
Here is the site as shown on OS Maps.
As can be seen, the site was quite large, there was also a quarry besides this, so the area was a hive of activity. This is a screenshot of the 1873-1888 OS 25 Inch Map.
Surprisingly, I couldn't find a date of construction for the Tin Works, it may have been in the 1770s, but I cannot be sure. I found some information on when it changed ownership throughout the years. This included:
David Tanner, who took over the lease in 1788 with a holding period of 99 years. This was paid for by Thomas Daniel, John Fisher Weare and John Scandrell Harford to whom he agreed to sell the whole lease for £17,228 17s 2d.
Thomas, John W and John H took over on 8th November 1790.
After this, it gets very hazy, there's lots of different dates and names listed depending on where you search.
It's also unclear when it became derelict. I've found all I can, really. At least I now know what the buildings were, as when I visited, I had no clue!
On with the photos….
There was also a large forge further north from this site, it was also part of the same company, Here it is on OS Maps
I did walk up to this point, but there wasn't much of interest. The foundations of the 4 terrace type buildings (near where it says 'BM 99') remained, but I couldn't see much more than that. I was running out of light though, so I didn't look too hard. I'm planning to return in the future just to check.
Here's a photo of the site in full swing back in the day
photo link for those whom are interested Lydney Tin Plate works
Not a massive amount to say or see with this one, but I enjoyed it, and I'm pleased with the photos I got from here, so I'm sure it's worth a report.
There are some fairly well ruined buildings in a little settlement called New Mills in Gloucestershire, it took quite a bit of doing to find any history on this, but luckily with the help of OS Maps I was able to find a name for the site so I could investigate it further.
Here is the site as shown on OS Maps.
As can be seen, the site was quite large, there was also a quarry besides this, so the area was a hive of activity. This is a screenshot of the 1873-1888 OS 25 Inch Map.
Surprisingly, I couldn't find a date of construction for the Tin Works, it may have been in the 1770s, but I cannot be sure. I found some information on when it changed ownership throughout the years. This included:
David Tanner, who took over the lease in 1788 with a holding period of 99 years. This was paid for by Thomas Daniel, John Fisher Weare and John Scandrell Harford to whom he agreed to sell the whole lease for £17,228 17s 2d.
Thomas, John W and John H took over on 8th November 1790.
After this, it gets very hazy, there's lots of different dates and names listed depending on where you search.
It's also unclear when it became derelict. I've found all I can, really. At least I now know what the buildings were, as when I visited, I had no clue!
On with the photos….
There was also a large forge further north from this site, it was also part of the same company, Here it is on OS Maps
I did walk up to this point, but there wasn't much of interest. The foundations of the 4 terrace type buildings (near where it says 'BM 99') remained, but I couldn't see much more than that. I was running out of light though, so I didn't look too hard. I'm planning to return in the future just to check.
Here's a photo of the site in full swing back in the day
photo link for those whom are interested Lydney Tin Plate works
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