Gasworks on this site are shown on OS plans from 1891, when a small works complex and gasometer are shown to the south of the current site. To the north in 1891, centred on SK 3798 9019, was a brickyard with at least six small rectangular (?scotch) kilns. In the earlier part of the twentieth century the Gasworks and its attendant rail sidings extended over much of the polygon. The site is shown as cleared on the 1977 OS 1:10000 (presumably as a result of conversion to North Sea gas), however on the 1988 plan a large warehouse marked Gas Service Centre is shown. The site is currently an area of hard standing with the outline footprints of the gasworks buildings clearly shown by aerial photography. The 1851 OS shows this area as piecemeal enclosure