Monument record MWX232 - Balstons Twine Works, Barrack Street, Bridport

The site of a ropery in Barrack Street, identified from the 1848 Kelly's Directory. The site was owned by Joseph Balston a twine and shoe thread manufacturer. The works were probably at 26 Barrack Street.

The site of a ropery, identified from the 1848 Kelly's Directory. The site was owned by Joseph Balston a twine and shoe thread manufacturer in Barrack Street. (1) The 1840 Bradpole Tithe map states that Joseph Balston owned and occupied a 'House, Garden, Yard, & Buildings' on the site of 24 and 26 Barrack Street (2). This is most likely the site of the ropery. Joseph Balston also owned and occupied a 'House and Garden' at 30-32 Barrack Street (2).

The 1855 Post Office Directory lists 'Balston, Joseph, merchant & manufacturer of line, twine & shoethread, Barrack Street' (3). There is no entry in the 1859 Post Office Directory so the works may have closed by this time.

<1> 1848, Kelly Post Office Directory of Dorsetshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire etc., 1848. W Kellys, 2649 (Monograph). SWX1459.

<2> James, R, 1845, Bradpole Tithe Map (Map). SDO10515.

<3> 1855, Post Office Directory of Dorsetshire, 14 (Monograph). SDO10483.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/063 South West Textile Mills Project (Unpublished document). SDO17323.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1305063 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 19 2022 7:19PM