IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Mill Lane, CHARD, TA20 2AR
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Mill Lane, TA20 2AR by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (106 Images Found)
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Distance
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Boden Club and Institute, Chard
Erected in 1892 by Henry and Walter Boden for the mill workers. later used as a reading room and public library until 1998.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 26 Dec 2013
0.01 miles
3
Old Town Mill, Chard
This mill was built in 1825 on the site of an earlier mill that burnt down. It is of fireproof construction with an internal engine house and the full height plinth of a demolished chimney. It was used for lace production. Originally owned by Wheatley & Co it later was owned by Boden & Co and extended with the grand gateway built in 1901.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 26 Dec 2013
0.02 miles
4
Old Town Mill, Chard
This mill was built in 1825 on the site of an earlier mill that burnt down. It is of fireproof construction with an internal engine house and the full height plinth of a demolished chimney. It was used for lace production. Originally owned by Wheatley & Co it later was owned by Boden & Co.
This site is now being redeveloped with some loss of curtilage listed buildings. Plans include a leisure centre but a planned library has not been funded.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 26 Dec 2013
0.03 miles
5
Bowden's Old Lace Factory
This building was built in c1825. It was built as a lace factory. Lace making became a major industry in Chard from the 1820s onwards. This was in part due to riots and unrest in the traditional lace making towns such as Nottingham.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 28 Oct 2021
0.03 miles
6
Old Town Mill, Chard
This mill was built in 1825 on the site of an earlier mill that burnt down. It is of fireproof construction with an internal engine house and the full height plinth of a demolished chimney. It was used for lace production. Originally owned by Wheatley & Co it later was owned by Boden & Co.
This site is now being redeveloped with some loss of curtilage listed buildings. Plans include a leisure centre but a planned library has not been funded.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 26 Dec 2013
0.04 miles
7
Former lace mill, by A358, Chard
Formerly the premises of lace manufacturers. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197481
Image: © David Smith
Taken: 30 Dec 2019
0.04 miles
9
South Somerset District Council Offices, Chard
The council occupies the converted premises formerly occupied by Gifford Fox and Co. Ltd. lace manufacturers. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197481
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 18 Sep 2018
0.06 miles
10
Former Holyrood Lace Mill
Now council offices. This mill manufactured plain net from 1829 to 1964. The mill owner for many years was Col J W Gifford, astronomer and pioneer in X-ray photography. I think this mill was home to an early single cylinder beam engine that is now preserved in America.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 26 Dec 2013
0.06 miles