Photo by Nigel Furniss.
Berry Hill Brickworks, Kingsley, Stoke-on-Trent. Photo by David Kitching.
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection
Spotted on the beach at Crosby, Merseyside. Photo by David Sallery.
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John Slater purchased the Berry Hill Collieries after 1914 and in
1918 set up John Slater Ltd to operate Berry Hill and New Haden
(Cheadle) Collieries. The brickworks at Berry Hill came as part of the deal. This brick is mistakenly spelt 'Beery Hill'!
John Slater used the Jayess mark for some of the bricks produced at the Berry Hill brickworks.
Photos and
info by David Kitching.
Photo by Phil Burgoyne.
A product of Berry Hill
Collieries Ltd in the 1930's. Photos by Greg Julian.
See also John Slater.
Photo by Maurice Stokes.
The quality of firebrick manufactured in Stourbridge was well known and the stamp of 'Best Stourbridge' was meant to indicate high quality. It is unfortunate that the manufacturer of these bricks cannot be easily discerned, but it is likely to be one or more of the major works in that area.
Bestwood Coal & Iron Co. Ltd. Martyn Fretwell writes :- Photographed this brick inside the Winding Engine House at Bestwood Colliery, Notts. Both the brick and iron works closed in 1928, the pit carrying on until 1967. Now set in Bestwood Country Park, the Engine House is well worth a visit.
A brickworks existed adjacent to the saw mill on Bexton Lane in Knutsford from at least the 1870s. By the 1880s the operation was in the hands of Joseph & John Beswick of Knutsford Steam Saw Mills, timber merchants, contractors and builders. They are listed in the 1896 Kelly's Directory but not in 1902. Photo and information by David Kitching.
James Bettany is listed as a brickmaker living at 130 High Street, Longton, Staffordshre between 1860 and 1862. Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
