"Old Bricks - history at your feet"

English bricks - page 5-4

Chailey to Cheltenham

Chailey

This is a modern brick made by Chailey in Sussex, now owned by Ibstock. The company is 300 years old and a video showing the history of the works and the production of clamp fired bricks can be seen here: http://www.ibstock.com/chailey/ Photo and info by Martyn Fretwell.

Photo by Richard Symonds

Challans, Grantham

Photos by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection, found at Barkston near Grantham.

Chamber Colliery, Hollinwood

This brick was manufactured by the Chamber Colliery Limited, which operated a coal mine in the Hollinwood area of Oldham from the late 1850s. The company added a 16-chamber Hoffmann-type continuous brick kiln to the colliery site during the 1880s. It is uncertain when the company ceased manufacturing bricks, although the kiln is marked 'disused' on the Ordnance Survey map of 1922. Information by Ian Miller, photo by David Kitching.

Photo by Phil Burgoyne.

Chamberlain Barnsley

Photo by David Kitching.

H & F Chamberlain, Dodworth Road, Barnsley - Kelly's Directory of West Riding of Yorkshire, 1881. For further information visit Grace's Guide. Photos by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.

John Chambers

Salvaged from a Victorian house at Green Hammerton, so a possible maker could be John Chambers, Littlethorpe, Ripon or his successor Mrs J Chambers & sons, listed in trade directories 1867 - 1881, info and image PRBCO

This small paving brick was put under a kitchen cupboard in York by Don Boldison. He cannot remember exactly where he found it

Champion

John Champion, St Saviour, Jersey. Photos by Richard Watson.

Chance, Stourbridge

Chance & Co. operated the Oak Farm Fireclay Works, Kingswinford, near Dudley in 1849. The fireclay works had been part of the Oak Farm Iron-works which went into liquidation in 1849 & had been owned by William Gladstone (later Prime Minister) & the Glynne family since 1835. Photo by Colin Wooldridge from the John Cooksey Collection & Info by Martyn Fretwell.

Chantrell

George Frederick Chantrell. In 1861, age 42, he was living in the Garston area of Liverpool and is described as a merchant & manufacturer of building materials, employing 110 men, 13 boys and 3 girls. In 1871 and 1881 he is shown as a builders merchant. I am doubtful whether he actually manufactured this brick, it being more likely he ordered batches with his name on. Photo by David McNicholas.

Chapman

George Chapman, Park Road, Barnsley. White's Sheffield District Trades Directory 1879. Photo and info by Frank Lawson.

G Chapman. Middlesbrough

G Chapman was maiking bricks at Linthorpe, Middlesbrough in 1857. Photo by Ian Stubbs.

T T Chapman

Photo by Nigel Furniss.

Chapman & Morson

Chapman & Morson, Crook Colliery, County Durham. Photo by David Kitching.

Henry Chare

After Henry Chare had made his money producing window blinds he purchased the Crown Brickworks at Bordesley Green. This new venture did not last very long & after selling the works to the newly formed Atlas & Crown Brick Co. in 1883 he returned to the furniture trade. Henry is listed in Kelly's 1876 edition at Upper Saltley & at Bordesley Green Road, Saltley in the 1880, these two locations are the same works. Info & Photographed at Four Oaks Reclamation Yard by Martyn Fretwell.

Photo courtesy of the the Chris Thorburn collection.

Charlaw

The Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd ran mines in the Sacriston area of Co. Durham. See this website. Info by Andrew Gardner.

This may have been made in the 1860s or 1870s when Sacriston Colliery was owned by Sir George Elliot, Bart. & William Hunter. Photos by Steven Tait.

Charlestown Brick & Tile, Halifax

Found Claremount, Halifax, West Yorks. 2016. Charlestown Brick & Tile Co. Ltd., Charlestown Road, Halifax, West Yorks. Kelly's West Riding Directory 1881: - Charlestown Brick & Tile Co Limited (Frederick Buckley, managing director) ; offices, Charlestown Rd, Halifax. The business later became part of the Halifax Brick Company grouping. Photo and info by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.

Photo by Jason Stott.

T. Charlton & Co.

Photo by Steven Tait.

Photos by Chris Tilney.

In the 1870s Thomas Charlton & Co owned a number of mines around Evenwood in County Durham. This one was found near coke ovens at East Howle in County Durham. Photo by Paul Harman.

Charnwood

Photo by Darren Haywood.

Charnwood Forest Brick Ltd., Shepshed, Leics. This company now forms part of Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC. and still produces bricks at the Shepshed works. This is probably a modern brick made under the Michelmersh regime. Photo by Frank Lawson.

Chellaston near Derby

Photo supplied by A.K.A. Demik.

Chellaston Minerals, Derby produced bricks from 1928 to 1978. Originally the company quarried alabaster and when good quality alabaster started to be in short supply, the company turned to producing bricks as the clay which had been a waste product was put to good use. Bricks were in great demand during both World Wars, especially the Second as the company had to keep a sufficient stock of bricks to rebuild Rolls Royce in case of major damage by enemy bombs. Info and photo by Martyn Fretwell. Brick from the Phil Sparham Collection.

Cheltenham

Photo by courtesy of the Richard Symonds collection.