Eley Industrial Estate

Eley Industrial Estate

Eley Industrial Estate is located in Edmonton, London. Bordered by the Angel Road which is part of the North Circular Road A406 road , the River Lee Navigation, and the Lea Valley Lines railway line. The estate is named after Eley Brothers who manufactured firearms cartridges here.

Today

The estate is now mostly used for warehousing and retail outlets. The former B&I Nathan furniture factory is now used to manufacture the Parker Knoll range of furniture [ [http://www.krofire.com/Clients2.htm Parker Knoll furniture] Retrieved June 22 2008] . Coca-Cola are a major employer with a manufacturing plant on the estate. [ [http://www.cokecce.co.uk/cce/about_6html Coca-Cola plant] Retrieved June 22 2008]

The estate still has some functional brick built factories from the 1950s. [ Cherry. B, Pevsner.N "Buildings of England, London4: North" p432 ISBN 0140710493 Retrieved April 17 2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=26937 Edmonton:Economic History Online] fn54


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