Corporation Gas Works

Description of this historic site

The site of Corporation Gas Works which was in use from the Imperial period into the 20th century. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905. The gas works was situated 150m north east of the football ground, Stratford upon Avon.

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Notes about this historic site

1 Shown on the 1905 OS map, on the left hand side of the Birmingham Road on the north bank of the Stratford on Avon Canal.
2 Gas works marked on 1977 map.
3 GIS adjusted to represent the outline of the gas works shown on the 1st and 2nd edition OS mapping. 2 reflects the later gas storage depot on the site.
4 The Stratford Gas Company opened its first works in Chapel Lane in 1834 (see MWA13185). In 1837 the works moved to this site. In 1880 the town successfully opposed the renewal of the gas company’s license and all the assets were transferred to the ‘Stratford Corporation Gas Department’. Later the works were enlarged and came to be known as ‘Timothy’s Bridge Gas Works’. This works continued to supply Stratford until the gas industry was nationalised in 1949. The Timothy Bridge Gas Works, which had been much modified and extended since 1837 was closed in 1962/3. The main trace of the gas works are the Gas Valve covers throughout the town.
5 The gasworks are shown on mapping from the Board of Health map onwards.