Don Brick Co. Leppings Bridge, Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield. White's Sheffield & Rotherham Directory 1901. Photo courtesy of the Graham Hague (Sheffield) collection.
Photo by Phil Burgoyne.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
Made by Daniel Doncaster, found by Michaela in Grimesthorpe, Sheffield.
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Photo by Jonathan Light.
Kellys 1925 Directory records - Daniel Doncaster & Sons Ltd, Brick Manufacturers, Klondyke Brickworks, Middlewood Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield. Photo by Martyn Fretwell & Info by Frank Lawson.
The Donington Sanitary Pipe and Fire Brick Co., Ltd. at Church Gresley was formed in November 1894 and the first pipes were made in 1895. Photo by Iain Hambling.
Kelly's 1928 Directory records the works as the Dordon Brick &
Tile Co. Tamworth with J. Adcock. Manager, then in the 1936
& 1940 editions the company is now recorded as the Dordon
Brick Co. with Thomas Slack as Proprietor. Photos & Info by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by Tim Sayers.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
Photo by Dan Broomwicks.
Photos by Richard Symonds. The bottom one features their
double diamond symbol.
Found at Consett, photo by Vicky Carr.
Photo by Chris Tilney.
This was a small company in the village of Dorrington, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The company did not last many years as the clay pit filled with water. It is alleged that Skegness Clock Tower was built out of these bricks. Photo and Info by David Rogers and photo by Stephan Long.
In 1928 the Doseley Brick Co. Ltd. (later Doseley Pipe Co. Ltd.), one of the Johnston group of companies, started to make common bricks at Doseley from the clay overburden in the basalt quarry there. The works changed to making salt-glazed stoneware pipes in 1932 and continued to manufacture vitrified clay pipes until c. 1975.
Photo by courtesy of the Colin Driver collection.
William Dougill & Sons, Mount Pleasant Brick & Tile Works, Chorley New Road, Horwich Lancs. William Dougill was succeeded as owner of the business by his son James. The business went into liquidation in 1902.
Photo by Henry Lisowski.
Photos by David Kitching.
Photo by David Fox.
Found in Dudley by Simon Patterson.
Found in Southport by Simon Patterson
Photos by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by Andy Mabbett. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Blue Doulton bricks were made at the Rowley Regis works under Henry Doulton, brother to John who ran the St Helens business. Photos by David Kitching.
The front and side of a Doulton Lambeth airbrick, discovered by
Jessica while renovating a house in Bermuda.
Photo by Laura Thew.
Photos by Chris Tilney.
Found during restoration work on a cottage in Bethesda, Gwynedd by Gwyn.
Found in Southport by Simon Patterson.
Red Doulton bricks were made by John Doulton at the St Helens works. Photos by Martyn Fretwell.
These concrete brick seems to have been made at Shakemantle Quarry near Coleford, Gloucestershire by Doura Group Ltd in the 1960s. The quarry was re-opened in 1959 to produce stone sold for road ballast or crushed
to 1/8th inch diameter for making high quality engineering bricks. Photos by Steven Taylor.