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Dockholm Mills
Key Words :- lace factory
Viewing the Site :- Viewable from the road.
Address :- Bennett Street, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, NG10 4HG
Grid Ref :- SK 4858 3448
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.905567 , Long -1.279155
Local Authority :- Erewash Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Derbyshire
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Dates :- 1906 -
Description and History of Site:-
A single-storey lace factory, brick-built with gabled, pitched roof (modern concrete tiles). Name on the facade.
Built by Frederick Salisbury of Salisbury Brothers, lace manufacturers. Originally powered by a gas engine. Continued in the lace industry into the 1980s. Current use unknown.
Further Reading and References:-
Fowkes, D. 2005. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology - A Gazetteer of Sites. Part II - Borough of Erewash
Mason, Sheila A. 1994, Nottingham Lace 1760s-1950s, NP, ISBN 0 9524500 0 3
https://her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR5674
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Grid Ref :- SK 4858 3448
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.905567 , Long -1.279155
Local Authority :- Erewash Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Derbyshire
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Dates :- 1906 -
A single-storey lace factory, brick-built with gabled, pitched roof (modern concrete tiles). Name on the facade.
Built by Frederick Salisbury of Salisbury Brothers, lace manufacturers. Originally powered by a gas engine. Continued in the lace industry into the 1980s. Current use unknown.
Fowkes, D. 2005. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology - A Gazetteer of Sites. Part II - Borough of Erewash
Mason, Sheila A. 1994, Nottingham Lace 1760s-1950s, NP, ISBN 0 9524500 0 3
https://her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR5674
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