Candy & Co Ltd., Great Western Potteries & Brick Works, Chudleigh Road, Newton Abbot, Devon. The business was founded by Frank Candy in 1850 and continued in production under various owners until 1998. For a comprehensive history of the business visit: - www.potteryhistories.com/candyhistory.html. Info and photos by Frank Lawson.
Photo by Martyn Watson.
Photo by Phil Burgoyne.
Photo by Ian Wiliams.
Photo by John Elliott.
No Info - Photos by Martyn Fretwell.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
John Dexter Canning was the son of Charles Canning, joint owner of Gibbs & Canning of Glascote. John was born in 1848, and by 1877 when he married, he called himself a manufacturer. Then in 1881 he is making bricks in Devon. Found at Four Oaks Reclamation. Photo by Nigel Furniss and additional info by Angela Rodgers.
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The Cannock Chase Colliery Company produced bricks at various sites until production was centralised in the 1920s to the west of No.9 & 10 Collieries at Hednesford. The works was developed to a capacity of 8 million bricks per annum in the 1930s but the average production in the 5 years ending in 1932 was only 5.75 million bricks. Under the NCB the works was further expanded and c1974 was taken over by the Butterley Brick Company. It has since been closed. Photo and information by David Kitching.
Photos by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell courtesy of the John Baylis Collection.
The Cannon Street Brick Company operated from its central Hanley works during the last quarter of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. It appears in trade directories for 1912 but not 1921. Photos and information by David Kitching.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
Seen at Cawarden Reclamation. Photo by Nigel Furniss.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
The Clock House Brick Company Ltd was founded c.1933 to exploit a rich deposit of high-quality Weald Clay to the south of the Surrey village of Capel. The outbreak of war in 1939 was bad news for brickmaking, as housebuilding effectively ceased and the workforce was swallowed up by conscription. Although there was some demand for bricks to be used in military engineering projects, there was little use for the high-grade ceramic blocks made at Clock House. By 1941, the Company was in liquidation and sold the majority of its share capital to the London Brick Company (LBC) to avoid closing the works. In 1945, the Company was wound up for good and the works were acquired by the LBC. Under LBC, production was substantially increased to meet demand from the recovering housing market and in the 1960s the factory was rebuilt to accommodate more efficient production methods.
London Brick was acquired by Hanson PLC in 1984 the works was refitted shortly afterwards to produce multi stock bricks under the Butterley and Capel brand names. In 1998, Clockhouse Bricks were used by three major exhibitors in that year's Ideal Home Show and by 2000, Clock House was be Hanson’s main soft mud production site, making around 42 million bricks per year.
In March 2009, Hanson announced a 'phased closure programme' which began later that month and led to the loss of 61 jobs.
Photo by Guy Morgan.
Photo by David Kitching.
Carborundum Co. Ltd., Trafford Park Manchester. An American Company which established a factory in Manchester 1913. Abrasive, refractory and crucible materials. Trade Names: Carbofrax; Alfrax; Carborundum Brand; Aloxite Brand. Photos and info by Mark Cranston.
Photo by Steven Tait.
In 1861 William Cargey is described as a firebrick manufacturer living at Heworth. In January 1869 the partnership of Cargey and Co., Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, firebrick manufacturers, and Heworth Shore, Durham, cement manufacturers, was dissolved. By 1871 he was just described as a cement manufacturer, still living in Heworth. Photos by Chris Graham.
Found by Vladimir Smirnov in St. Petersburg.
The Carleton Coal & Brick Co., Carleton, Pontefract is listed in Kelly 1897 / 1901. West Yorkshire. Image PRBCO.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
There is some debate as to the manufacturer of this brick. It is likely that it comes from Claud Lonsdale's, Carlisle Tile and Pottery works, but it has also been suggested that it may come from the Botcherby Brick and Tile Works was on the eastern edge of Carlisle. Photo by Chris Graham.
English China Clay Sales. Photo by Ian Williams.
West of England Co.
Made at Carloggas Brickworks near Nanpean, Cornwall. Thebrickworks opened c1860 and by 1869 was beingmanaged by Edward Stocker of the West of England Company. The mark changed from W E Co to E C C S when taken over by English China Clays around 1919 and then to Carloggas c1932. Photos by David Kitching,
part of the collection at Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum.