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The remains of Damstead Works include the concrete housing for the steam-driven beam engine and the low outline of the workshops. Beyond, the outline of the cylinder of the Dronfield Gas Company is marked out by a stone enclosure. At the far end of the lane is the site of the corn mill, with the overflow still cascading into the River Drone.  
1835 Damstead Works appears in Pigot's Directory for Derbyshire as [[Ward, Camm and Siddall]] … Spindle and Fly Makers. 
 
The spindle and fly works are believed to have closed in the 1890s due to the subsidence of the building.  
 
Other firms are known to have used the Works until the middle of the 20th century.  
 
2003 the site was subject to the clearance of spoil and rubble, and those features that were revealed were recorded - these included the footprint of the former works, the stone base of a steam engine and a collapsed chimney at the western extent of the site, and further buildings, floor levels and surfaces to the south.  
 
 


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Revision as of 17:34, 2 October 2023

George Ward and Co, manufacturers of spindles and flyers for textile machinery.

Owned Damstead Works in Dronfield

1835 Damstead Works appears in Pigot's Directory for Derbyshire as Ward, Camm and Siddall … Spindle and Fly Makers.

The spindle and fly works are believed to have closed in the 1890s due to the subsidence of the building.

Other firms are known to have used the Works until the middle of the 20th century.

2003 the site was subject to the clearance of spoil and rubble, and those features that were revealed were recorded - these included the footprint of the former works, the stone base of a steam engine and a collapsed chimney at the western extent of the site, and further buildings, floor levels and surfaces to the south.


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Sources of Information

  • [1] Derbyshire CC