Building record 3884/0/54 - Former Boot & Shoe Industry Workshop, Alma Street/Chequers Lane

This gabled workshop range on the south side of Alma Street was built in two phases. The original two-storey section was built in the mid 19th century and was used a shoe factory; possibly occupied by George Hacksley, a boot blocker. The three-storey section, built in the same brick, was added in the late 19th century probably as part of the conversion of the factory to a leather works. The whole range is now used as a textile works.

{1} Industrial buildings, Alma Street. Two storey industrial workshops behind terraces on Alma Street. Film 7, photo 24.

{2} The earliest building on the site is a 2-storey workshop. In 1849 George Hacksley, a boot blocker, had his works in Chequers Lane, with which this building may conceivably have been connected; stylistically however, a date two decades or so later seems more likely. The building was extended in 1899, possibly for leather storage.

{4} Several small boot and shoe industry workshops in a very plain style, stand between Alma Street and Chequers Lane SP894681.

<1> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Wellingborough (Industrial), (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN100290.

<2> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Wellingborough Site 14 (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<3> Historic England, 23 Alma Street/Chequers Lane, Wellingborough, BF103732 (Archive). SNN114698.

<4> Palmer M; Neaverson P., 1992, Industrial Landscapes of the East Midlands, p.94 (checked) (Book). SNN3691.

Record last edited

Feb 6 2023 10:29AM