Monument record 7197/1 - Ebbw Vale Iron Ore Works

The site of the Ebbw Vale Iron Ore Works, northwest of Irthlingborough was visible on historical aerial photographs and OS maps and recorded as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project.

{1} Ironworks: Ebbw Vale Iron Ore Works to the south of the town have now been built over. Thomas Butlin and Co worked furnaces in the parish. Furnaces now owned by United Steel companies Ltd. (Kelly's 1924). Wide-scale open cast pit quarrying. Tunnel later bricked up, but took miners to the face of the ironstone mine. Operations recently ceased (1970's). The site of the kilns and calcinating plant may provide many acres of suitable land for future industrial and housing development. The quarries to the south of the town have been built over by a modern housing estate.

{3-4} The site of the Ebbw Vale Iron Ore Works, northwest of Irthlingborough was visible on historical aerial photographs and OS maps and was mapped and recorded as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project. The works are centred at SP 94067 69758 with an associated circular reservoir (at SP 94595 69471) and tramways which connected the works to the Northampton & Peterborough Branch railway line (Monument Number 6294/1).

<1> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Industrial Period, (checked) (Digital archive). SNN4.

<2> Tonks E., 1990, The Ironstone Quarries of The Midlands (History, Operation and Railways): The Wellingborough Area, p.165-195 (unchecked) (Book). SNN45742.

<3> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, RAF/CPE/UK/1994 FS 2392-2393 13-APR-1947 (Photographs). SNN104890.

<4> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), 1:2500 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1900 & 1926 (Map). SNN112944.

<5> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP, MD003015 (Archive). SNN113023.

Record last edited

Mar 19 2024 8:54AM