Eagle Ironworks, Oxford

Gateway to the former Lucy's Eagle Ironworks on Walton Well Road in Oxford.
Iron eagle on a gatepost at the former Eagle Ironworks.

The Eagle Ironworks was an ironworks owned by W. Lucy & Co. on the Oxford Canal in Jericho, Oxford, England.[1][2] William Carter founded the works in 1812[3] with a shop in the High Street[4] and moved it to its site beside the canal in 1825.[1] It was on Walton Well Road at the northern end of Walton Street and backed onto St Sepulchre's Cemetery. The works ceased production in 2005,[1] was demolished in 2007 and has since been redeveloped, mainly with apartments.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Woolley 2010, p. 85.
  2. ^ Woolley, Liz (2012). Oxford's Working Past. Huxley Scientific Press. pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-0-9522671-7-1.
  3. ^ Davies & Robinson 2003, p. 24.
  4. ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Lucy's Eagle Ironworks". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. p. 228. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  5. ^ "Lucy's plan gated housing". Jericho Echo (47). Oxford. July 2000.

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