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Padeswood oil works
| Location | 53.151498, -3.084770,  |
|---|---|
| Former parish and county | Parish of Buckley, Flint |
| Current local authority area | Flintshire |
| Opened | c.1865 |
| Closed | c.1868 |
| Number of retorts | 18 (in 1868) |
| Ownership history | Padeswood Oil Co.Ltd |
| Current status of site | within Old Padeswood golf course |
A small-scale oil works with six rotary and twelve vertical retorts.
It is assumed that the "oil works" marked on the first edition OS map, (surveyed in 1869) on a site immediately south of Padeswood station is Padeswood Oil works, however the absence of a railway siding in the immediate vicinity of the works is at odds with the description in the sale notice (below). It remains possible that the site labelled on the map is one of the many other small oil works that operated in the Padeswood area.
Maps
Ordnance Survey maps reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland.
- (1) 6" OS map c.1869, showing the works in operation
- (2) 6" OS map c.1898, following clearance of the site
- (3) Google earth image c.2006, showing site of oil works now forming part of Padeswood golf course.
Recent Images
- (1) Site of Padeswood oil works; now a green on the Old Padeswood & Buckley golf course
References
Just on the other side of the rail at Padeswood, is a small venture - " The Padeswood Company" - such companies here being formed by three or four well-to-do and intelligent individuals (intelligence, by-the-bye, is the characteristic of the ordinary people of this district), who combine their practical knowledge and their little nest eggs of capital to operate on these new "diggings."
From Rylands Iron Trade Circular, reprinted in The Wrexham Advertiser, 6th January 1866. See full text.
....For the Padeswood Oil Company, in Flintshire, a complete refinery has been erected by Mr. Bennie's firm.
The Engineer, 17th August 1866
TO BE SOLD by PRIVATE TREATY, the WORKS the PADESWOOD OIL COMPANY. LIMITED, with Lease of the Premises, situated near Padeswood Station, on the Chester and Mold Railway, with Siding from the London and North Western Railway. The Works are very compact, standing on about four acres of land, and comprise six Revolving and 12 upright Retorts, complete with all Connections, &c.; four Stills with Tanks, Agitators, and Settling Tanks in Refinery, with Pumps, &c. A good house, suitable for Manager; and neverfailing of water. For permission to view and terms, apply Messrs. Lace and Co.. 1. Union Court, Liverpool; or to William Semple. Esq., Padeswood Oil Company. Mold.
The Birmingham Daily Gazette, 29th April 1868
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