Monument record BNT 024 - Xylonite works

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Summary

Factory producing Xylonite built at Brantham in 1887, adjoining river and railway line (S1). Not shown on OS 1903 map.

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Grid reference Centred TM 1075 3265 (101m by 100m) Centred on
Map sheet TM13SW
Civil Parish BRANTHAM, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Factory producing Zylonite (plastic) built at Brantham in 1887, adjoining river and railway line (S1). British Zylonite Co Ltd built Brantham New Village, a community of 56 double cottages for company employees, circa 1891.

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  • <S1> (No record type): Merriam, J.. Merriam J, Pioneering in Plastics: The Story of Xylonite, 1976.

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Record last edited

Oct 3 2002 9:28AM

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