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Fakenham gasworks

England
List entry 1003908
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003908
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.3 hectares
Grid reference
TF 91951 29254
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Fakenham gasworks is a Victorian-period industrial monument located in Norfolk. The site represents the infrastructure of gas production and distribution that served the town during the nineteenth century, reflecting the expansion of utility networks across provincial England in response to urbanisation and the demand for gas lighting and heating. The surviving structures and remains document the technological and industrial heritage of the gasworks facility, which operated as part of the broader development of public utilities in Norfolk during this era.

Fakenham gasworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003908. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Fakenham gasworks?

Fakenham gasworks is a Victorian-period industrial monument located in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003908.

Who is responsible for protecting Fakenham gasworks?

Fakenham gasworks is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003908.

What other scheduled monuments are near Fakenham gasworks?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of St Stephen's Priory (0.5 km), Deserted village (site of) (1.5 km), Cross in All Saints' churchyard, Toftrees (2.7 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Remains of St Stephen's Priory
0.5 km
Deserted village (site of)
1.5 km
Cross in All Saints' churchyard, Toftrees
2.7 km
Ring ditches and enclosures W of The Hills
3.4 km
Moated site 530m north east of Manor Farm
3.6 km
Gatehouse at manor house, East Barsham
4.6 km
Earthworks 500yds (450m) E of church
6.4 km
Earthworks N of Gateley Hall
6.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Fakenham gasworks

Fakenham gasworks stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Hempton, Norfolk →
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