Cottenham OS map 1887
34 Lambs Lane, Gasworks, Cottenham
History of the Gas Works
1862 Gas Works built
1864 Gas Company house built. Gas lighting installed from the gas House to the church.
1865 Walter Rhodes manager of gas Works
1880 Walter Rhodes left
late 1880s: James Coe manager, but he left to become a greengrocer.
1891 William ‘Gassy’ Moore took over, staying for 32 years.
1932 Chesterton RDC bought the Cottenham Gas and water Company.
Some of the original grey lamp posts survive, having been converted to electricity.
See Cottenham in Focus (2002)
Building dates
- Built 1900–1929
Source for this date
- Built 1900–1929: EPC construction age band: 1900–1929
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