Charles Corden of 21, Wilford Street, Nottingham carrying on
the business at Gallows Inn Brickworks, Ilkeston as brick
& tile maker filed for liquidation on 24th May 1880 at
Nottingham Crown Court. His brickworks is recorded on an 1884 map
showing it was north of Nottingham Road between the River Erewash
& the Erewash Canal, with the Gallows Inn public house to the
south. This area of Ilkeston is so called after its association with
the site of the towns gallows. Info by Martyn
Fretwell.
Photo by Phil Burgoyne.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
There were two brick manufacturers named Garbutt in County Durham in the 19th century. The first was Hames Garbutt of Norton Road, Stockton-on-Tees who was recorded as a brick manufacturer in the 1841 census. He seems to have died shortly before 1850 which is probably rather too early for this brick. This leaves John Henry Garbutt of Darlington who was involved in a range of enterprises including coal mining and iron making. He was employing 520 men and 32 boys in 1871. A newspaper report notes that he owned a brickyard in Darlington in 1872. His empire collapsed in 1876 with debts of over £170,000 and after a spell as an accountant Mr Garbutt reinvented himself as a mineral water manufacturer in London by the 1890s. Photo by Neville Akers.
These firebricks must date from 1870-1886 when William Gardiner was in partnership with either Robert or Lawrence Gardiner.
You would have thought that the die maker would have spelt the name
of one of the principals
correctly, but in one of these bricks Gardiner has become
Gardener. In 1870 William Hammond went into partnership with his brother-in-law Robert Gardiner to work
fireclay in Pott Shrigley and they established their brickworks on
the north side of the Bakestonedale road opposite that of George
Lambert. 1875 saw Mr Lawrence Gardiner succeeded his brother in the
business. He died in 1886 and William Hammond took over the works. Photos
and info by David Kitching.
Thomas Gardner, Newcastle upon Tyne. Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by Chris Tilney.
Photo by David Fox.
Thomas Garforth Ltd., Taylor Hall Lane, Knowl, Mirfield, West Yorks. Photos by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Photo by David Kitching.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
Found in a park near Bramhope, Leeds by Mark Harriman. Made by John Garland & Son, Cherry Row, Leeds, listed in White's directories of 1861 and 1870 - a date compatible with the style of lettering. Thanks to Phillip Rothery for the history.
John Garlick is recorded as living at Shaw
Hill House, Upper Saltley in 1881, with his clay pits &
brickworks nearby. He used his depot at Worcester Wharf on the
Birmingham & Worcester Canal to transport his bricks via the
canal network. He also owned another brickworks in California using
the Dudley No.2 Canal. John employed around 700 men at his
brickworks before his business went bankrupt in 1884. Info by Martyn Fretwell, photos by Frank Lawson.
Photographed at Four Oaks Reclamation Yard by Martyn Fretwell.
This paving brick is a product of Garrett Brothers who traded from their Brownhills Tileries in Tunstall and appear in the trade directories between 1861 and 1865.
Photo by David Kitching.
Floor tile in St Mary's Church, Boveney.
In White's Directory, 1896 edition, B. Garside & Son are listed as Brick Makers & Timber Merchants at Friars Well Road & Lower Ground Brickworks. Photo by Simon Patterson.
Thanks to Phil Jervis for the photo.
Worrall's Wigan & District Directory of 1881 lists William & David Garton as brickmakers at Bank Heath, Golborne. Info from Frank Lawson, photo by David Kitching.
A little known concern to myself, this brick of the Gateshead Brick
& Stone Company, was recovered during internal alterations to a
local property, built c.1880. Davison (Brickworks of the North East,
1986) mentions them is passing, with a date of 1925 - this usually
refers to a directory entry. The only other reference I've been able
to find is from 1955 and a notice of the Company's liquidation. As
to their location, or whether they actually manufactured their own
products, (it has to be said of very poor quality), or acted as a
factor or agent, more work is obviously required. As an aside, the
facing bricks of the property in question are a fine off-white and
were produced at Axwell Park Colliery (APC) - could this be a
subsidiary used to market these heavily 'grogged' bricks and the
stone by-product of mining operations? Photo and info by
Arthur Brickman.
Photo by Chris Tilney.
A. Gee & Co. Brickworks, Vale Lane, Parson St. Bedminster, Bristol. Operating 1895-1914. Photo & info by Eric Taylor.
Diazite was a trade mark of General Refractories, a company that had its head office in Sheffield. This refractory brick was found by Frank Lawson on the banks of the River Humber close to the Capper Pass works at North Ferriby. Info by Mark Cranston.
Found in Barrow in Furness by John Bramall.
This Magnesium Oxide brick was made by General Refractories (GR) in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The BCM (British Commercial Monomarks) stamp dates it to after 1925 and the GX is probably Genefax. GR were based at Genefax House in Sheffield. Photo and info by Ian Suddaby.
Coroma is another General Refractories mark. Photo by Steven Tait.
Gibbons (Dudley) Ltd, No. 1 Fireclay. Photo by Clare Oliffe.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
Photo taken in Ewenny by Richard Paterson.
Martyn Fretwell writes :- From the Fireclay listings in Kelly's, B. Gibbons, Jnr. is listed at Waddams Pool & Lower Gornal in it's 1896 edition & then from 1921 to it's 1940 edition as Gibbons (Dudley) Ltd, Dibdale Works, Dudley. Then in Kelly's Brick & Tile listings the entry is B. Gibbons Jnr. & Co. Deepdale Works, Lower Gornal, Dudley, 1860 to 1912 editions.
Photos by Ian Littlewood.
Photo by Mark Cranston.
Found on an old oil site in Mendoza Province, Argentina, by Quentin Vandemoortele.
Photographed at the Black Country Living Museum by Martyn
Fretwell.
Photo by Jason Stott.
Photo by Frank Hilton.
Photo by David Kitching.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
Kelly's 1869 edition records Edward Gibbons at the Wolsey
Street works, Ipswich & the Alexandra brickyard in Chilton,
Suffolk. Then the 1875 edition records Edward Gibbons & Edward
Charles Gibbons at the two works. Kelly's 1879 sees the addition
of a third works at Aldham, Hadleigh. Then the 1888 to 1900
editions just lists Edward Charles Gibbons & owning five works
including Chilton. The 1912 & 1916 editions now records Mrs.
Mary Price Gibbons as the owner of the Chilton works. The other
works previously owned by E.C. Gibbons are no longer listed. Photos
& Info by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by Ken Evans.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
Photo by Mike Stokes
The Gibbs & Canning terra cotta works was founded in 1847 at Glascote in Warwickshire. Until closure in the 1950s the company manufactured a wide range of terracotta and faience as well as bricks and drainage pipes. Photos by Ray Martin.
Photo at Beamish Museum by Cory Doctorow (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Photo by Chris Graham.
Photo by Steven Tait.
Photos by Chris Tilney.
Photos by Mark Cranston. The fish (salmon) impression on the
back of the brick was only present on about 1% of the bricks.
Photos by Chris Tilney.
W C Gibson & Co Ltd, enamelled sink and firebrick manufacturer, Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne. Gibson was a firebrick manufacturer by 1871 and in 1881 employed 37 men and 14 boys. T C Gibson may well be William's father. The business is listed in trade directories from 1879 to 1914 when it was William Colville Gibson & Co Ltd, and some bricks were marked with a fish trademark. In 1902 Adams and Co took over W. C. Gibson and Co of Scotswood and moved the sanitaryware arm of the business to Scotswood. In 1903. A new company, Adamsez Ltd was incorporated, although W. C. Gibson continued to be operated separately until 1927.
The Gildenburgh Brick Co. is listed in Kelly's 1906 & 1910
editions at 52, Narrow Bridge Street, Peterborough, (office). The
works was situated on New Road in Whittlesey & was owned by LBC
when it closed in 1945. Today the clay pit which has filled with
water & in places is 70 ft. deep is the Gildenburgh Dive Centre.
Info & Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
Photos courtesy of the Bill Richardson collection at Southwick Hall
by Martyn Fretwell.
Benjamin Jones found this brick embedded in a dirt track at Chaddesley Corbett in Worcestershire. J Giles is listed as a brick manufacturer at Hartlebury in Kelly's Worcestershire Directory for 1870.
Gillhead Co Ltd, Flimby, Cumberland. Found by David Ashford in Maryport.
Photo by Chris Graham.
Photo by Richard Cornish.
In 1867 a colliery was sunk at Gill Head, Flimby by Messrs Lucock & Carlton to produce coal, fireclay and gannister. The Whitehaven News for 18th January 1872 carries an advert "Gillhead Colliery and Brickworks for sale, apply Mrs. Lucock, Broughton Moor". Again, in January 1876, "FOR SALE by private treaty; Gillhead Colliery and Brickworks near Flimby, in use by representatives of the late Mr. Joseph Lucock". In 1878 a partnership between Mary Lucock and Henry Graves, as Coal Owners and Brick and Tile Manufacturers, at Gill Head, in the parish of Flimby, was dissolved with Henry Graves continuing the business in his own name. The business became the Gillhead Coal & Firebrick Co. in 1897.
The Post Office Directory of Cumberland & Westmorland 1873: -
Firebrick Manufacturers, Mrs Mary Lucock, Gillhead, Flimby &
Broughton Moor, Maryport.
Kelly's Directory of Cumberland 1894: - Firebrick Manufacturers:
Cumberland Coal & Brick Syndicate Ltd., Graves Road, Gill Head,
Flimby, Maryport.
Photo by Eric Taylor.
Could have been made by William Hall who is listed as brickmaker
at Gilt Hill, Kimberley in Kelly's 1885 edition. Another option is
nearby Digby Colliery Brickworks which was also known locally as
Giltbrook Colliery, but bricks found so far made by this colliery
have been stamped Digby. I have given this second option because
this brick is in the collection of pit bricks at Pleasley Mining
Museum. Photo & Info by Martyn Fretwell.
Found near Blisworth by Nigel Furniss.
Photo by Clayton Woods.
The ganister for these silica bricks came from W H Girling & Son at their Byerley House Quarry, 3 miles SE of Rowley Station in County Durham. The brickworks was at Beechburn near Crook. In 1909 the business became W H Girling and Co Ltd with a capital of £10,000 in £1 shares. The company was said to be a silica, ganister and magnasite brick and lump maunfacturer, and brick, tile and pipe manufacturer. Photo and info by Ian Suddaby.
Edward Gittins, Wakefield Road, Bowling, Bradford. The Bradford 1856 directory records that Edward Gittins had arrived from Leicester and was advertising his new patent-brick works at the junction of Wakefield Road and New Hey Road. Info from Derek Barker at Bradford Local Studies.
Thanks to John Biggs for the photo. John understands the works was on the Wells road and is now the site of St. Dunstands School.
The London Gazette, 29 June, 1923. Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned, Herbert Edwin Berry, of Selby, in the county of York, Coal Merchant, Charles Neaverson, of Peakirk, Peterborough, in the county of Northampton, brickmaker, and Thomas Hurst Pearson, of Selby aforesaid, Brickmaker, carrying on business as Brick and Tile Makers, at Selby aforesaid, under the style or firm of the GLAZED FAIENCE & BRICK COMPANY, has been dissolved by mutual consent as and from the nineteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three. - Dated this 19th day of June, 1923.
The works was situated to the east of the railway where it crossed the Selby Canal a short distance to the south of the town. It does not appear on the 1892 map but the 1908 OS map shows the works with a tramway to a wharf on the canal. There is also a Hoffmann type kiln shown. In 1838 it is shown as Selby Brick & Tile Works. The buildings are still extant on mid-1960s maps but the kiln seems to have been demolished by the early 1970s.
Photo and info by Tony Gray.
The Glenfield Premier Brick & Terra Cotta Co Ltd. The Company was registered in 1898 and dissolved by 1932. It was located approximately half a mile west of Glenfield, Leics, with a siding from the LMS West Bridge railway line. The site is now occupied by an industrial estate. Photo and info by Ray Martin.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
Photos by Chris Tilney.
Photo by David Kitching.
Glodwick Coal & Fireclay Co Ltd., Glodwick, Oldham, Lancs - Slater's Manchester & Salford Directory 1896. Photos by Frank Lawson.
Found on Besom Hill near Oldham, itself a site of several
brickworks at one time. Photo by Colin Driver.
Made in Glossop, Derbyshire
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Spotted in Riddings, Derbyshire by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Thanks to Darren Haywood for the photo.
Found in Darley Bridge, Derbyshire by Simon Patterson.
Presumably from somewhere in the Gloucester area. Photo by Frank Lawson.
The Hanford brickworks were in the occupation of Daniel Glover by 1832 and his widow Sarah was running it by 1842 and was still listed there in 1868. Her daughter Emily Shelley Glover then took over the business and subsequently married William Adams Peake. By 1872 he is listed in Kelly's directory as running the works in his name as the Hanford Tileries. Photo and info by David Kitching.
Frank Glover operated a brickworks behind Ryehill Farm in Miles Green, Audley, Staffordshire. He is recorded as a brick maker from 1865 until 1886 and is only listed in the trade directories between 1876 and 1884. The brickworks was on land owned by Daniel Booth. In 1881 Glover is recorded as a farmer of 14 acres and brick maker living at Queen Street which is just to the west of the brickworks. Photo by Ken Perkins.
Photo by John Dunford.
Godstone brickworks, Surrey. Photos by courtesy of the Richard Symonds collection.
The Goldendale Brick & Tile Co, Tunstall, is only listed in the 1904 Kelly's directory and the works had a short life. Information by David Kitching, photo by Ken Perkins.
Golden Vale Tileries at Chatterley, Stoke-on-Trent, was opened in 1934 by John Bentley, formerly manager at Keele Tileries. The works continued until the early 1970s. In 1979 the plant and remaining stock was sold off. This included tiles and drain pipes, hand made bricks, chimney pots, 9 kilns and heavy tile making plant. Photo by Ken Perkins.
In 1861 George Gomm was listed as Farmer & Brick Maker at Buckland Common, Aylesbury. He appears in Post Office directories 1864/5 again as farmer & brickmaker. The yard was owned by the Rothschilds. Photo and info by Nigel Furniss.
George Goodall is listed in Kelly's 1878 & 1883 editions as brickmaker at Anthony Road, Upper Saltley, Birmingham. Info by Martyn Fretwell, photo by Frank Lawson courtesy of the Chris Thorburn Collection.
Francis Harry Gordon opened his brickworks in the 1870s, on a site with a 30ft thick bed of clay, adjacent to the Daw End Canal just south-west of Clayhanger Bridge at Brownhills. The buildings included three drying sheds, the largest measuring 150ft x 30ft and had a cast iron plated floor. Nearby and on the other side of the canal was the Walsall Wood Colliery brickworks and price cutting by this works led to the demise of the Gordon business in 1896. Photo and information by David Kitching.
Found at Barlborough. Photos by Frank Lawson.
Courtesy of Barlborough Heritage Centre
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John Hall Gosling, Barlborough, Derbys. Post Office Derbyshire Directory 1855. He owned collieries in the Chesterfield and Barlborough areas in the mid 19th Century. In Kelly's 1891 Directory he appears to have been succeeded by Frederick Gosling who is listed as Brickmaker, Barlborough, Chesterfield. Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
The Gower Brick Works was situated alongside the Old Main Line of the Birmingham Canal just south-east of the junction with the Gower Branch. It first appears on the 1902 OS map and has disappeared by 1938. The Gower & Brades Brickworks, Oldbury are listed in the 3rd of November 1914 edition of the Edinburgh Gazette as being owned by George Wood & his two sons, Samuel & Harry when they are recorded as going bankrupt. Kelly’s 1876 edition lists the Wood Brothers at Tividale (Gower Brickworks), then George Wood opened the Brades Brickworks, Tividale as listed in Kelly’s 1884 edition. Kelly’s 1900 to 1912 editions list G. Wood & Sons at the Brades Brickworks, Oldbury. Photo and additional info by Martyn Fretwell.
Wiliam Gradwell was a major building contractor in Barrow-in-Furness. In 1855 he moved his business to Hindpool, Barrow, and set up a brickworks in Dalton Road capable of turning out 75,000 bricks a week. Photos and info by David Kitching.
Photo by Chris Graham.
Photo by Iain Henderson.
Photo by Phil Burgoyne.
J. Graham & Co., Blaydon Haugh, Gateshead, Co. Durham A business situated in close proximity to the more famous William Harriman at Blaydon Haugh, the firm of John Graham & Co. appears only once in local directories around 1875. The origins of the company therefore remain obscure, although William's niece would appear to have married a Graham, so maybe there is a connection through marriage? Information provided by "Scottish Brick History". Photos by Chris Tilney.
Photos by Steven Pinder.
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All made at Grampound Road Brick & Tile Co 2 SW916512 & SW920514. Photos by David Kitching, part of the collection at Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum.
Photos by Ian Williams.
Made in Haslingden, Lancashire by the Grane Brick & Terracota Works. Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Photo by David Kitching.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
Photo by Ian McLennan.
James Storar's Brick Works, Grange Farm, Jarrow is mentioned in 1886. Found at Hebburn. Photo by Steven Tait.
Henry Graves, Gillhead Brickworks, Flimby, Cumbria. In 1867 a
colliery was sunk at Gill Head, Flimby by Messrs Lucock &
Carlton to produce coal, fireclay and gannister. The Whitehaven News
for 18th January 1872 carries an advert "Gillhead Colliery and
Brickworks for sale, apply Mrs. Lucock, Broughton Moor". Again, in
January 1876, "FOR SALE by private treaty; Gillhead Colliery and
Brickworks near Flimby, in use by representatives of the late Mr.
Joseph Lucock". In 1878 a partnership between Mary Lucock and Henry
Graves, as Coal Owners and Brick and Tile Manufacturers, at Gill
Head, in the parish of Flimby, was dissolved with Henry Graves
continuing the business in his own name. The business became the
Gillhead Coal & Firebrick Co. in 1897. Photo and info by David
Kitching.
The History and Directory of West Cumberland for 1883 lists Richard Graves, colliery proprietor and firebrick manufacturer, Gillhead. Images and info from Richard Comish.
Great Fire is one of a collection of 50 British fire bricks found in the St Petersburg area by Vladimir N Smirnov. His British collection may be viewed here, the text is in Russian.
Photo by Alan Bevan.
Great Western Pottery (Candy & Co Limited) (Edwd Birkbeck, manager), Chudleigh Road, Newton Abbot. Kelly's Devon Directory, 1889. This business operated from 1850 to 1998. More information here. Photo by Maryann Soper.
Photo by Ian Williams.
Photo by Sam Cutler.
Photo by David Kitching.
Found at Saltash by Hamish Fenton.
Photo by Gavin Williams.
I cannot say definitively that James Chatham was one of the partners in this business although the 1871 census shows James Chatham, age 58, master brick maker employing 7 men and 3 boys. He was living at Mill Lane, Harborne, which is very close to the brickworks on Park Lane, whereas Tennal road is on the other side of Harborne. Photo by Rob Sutton.
George Green is listed as brickmaker at Mapperley, Nottingham in White's 1864 Notts. edition. Info & Photographed in Awsworth by Frank Lawson.
Henry Green was born in Liverpool and by 1851 was a brickmaker and beer seller at Kirkdale in Liverpool. After that area became built over he seems to have moved to Pemberton in Wigan where he took over the Bird i'th Hand pub in Newtown. In the 1861 and 1871 he is listed in the census as a brick maker and publican, Henry senior died in 1871 and in the 1881 census his son Henry is still living on ormskirk Road in Pemberton and is described as a Master Brick Maker employing 8 men, 2 boys and 2 women. By 1891 the brickworks seems to have been closed and Henry is a grocer.
Found at Ince-in-Makerfield, photo by David Kitching.
Found in Salford by Frank Lawson.
Found in Oldham and is likely to be from William Green's Bent Grange Brick Works, Lewis St, Oldham. He is recorded in 1881 as a Master Brickmaker employing 3 men and 2 boys. The business is recorded in trade directories from 1875 to 1889.
Green & Brough are listed as firebrick manufacturers at Felling Shore, Gateshead in 1856. Found by George in Co. Durham.
Photo by Chris Graham.
Photo by Chris Tilney.
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Greenhill Brickworks near Chilsworthy SX420717. Photo by David
Kitching, part of the collection at Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum.
Found in Cumbria by Chris Graham.
Photo by Jud Hirst
Found in Hollingworth by Frank Lawson.
John Greenwood (Brickworks) Co Ltd., Railway Street, Glossop & Mouslow, Dinting, Glossop. Kelly's Derbyshire Directory 1936 & 1941.
In the 1881 Kelly's Directory of Halifax the executors of 'George Greenwood' are brick-making at New Bank. By the time of the 1908 Trade Directory there is George Greenwood & Sons, Builders Merchants, of New Brunswick Street, Halifax. This company came to own: Beacon Hill Brick Works (formerly Oates & Green) and Swan Bank colliery and brickworks, together with several quarries. They were still active in the mid-1930s. Thanks to Derek Barker for the information.
Michael Hammett has supplied some info on this brick: This was more than likely made by J. Gregory & Sons Ltd, Ecclesall brickworks, Ecclesall road, Sheffield, Yorkshire - I have no record of exact period during which this firm was in operation, but it was established by 1877 and was closed by 1943.
White's Sheffield & Rotherham Directory 1905: - John Gregory& Son Ltd., Sheaf Brick Works : registered office, 623 Abbeydale Road : & Marriott Wood brick works, Millhouses & Ecclesall Road brick works, Sheffield.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
Benjamin Gregory - Mason, Bricklayer, Builder & Brickmaker, 145 Portobello Street & Duke Street, Park, Sheffield. White's Sheffield Directory 1852. Photo by Frank Lawson.
Made at Greyfield Colliery near Clutton, Somerset. The bricks originally just had CLUTTON impressed in the frog. The works subsequently had at least two other owners, one being Gregory, and the other was a builder from Timsbury by the name of Keeling, who also had his name added to the stamp. Photo and info by Mark Wilson.
The Church Gresley Fire Brick & Fire Clay Co. Ltd. is listed as being operational between 1920 & 1955. Photo by Tegan Blake.
Robert Grey, Grey's Brickworks, Wilfred Street, Byker, Newcastle. In 1891 he sold up his building business to concentrate on brickmaking. He died in 1907 and the plant, including five Newcastle kilns, was sold. Info by Mark Cranston, photo by Neal Barrass.
George Grimwood & Sons are listed in Kellys 1892 to 1900 editions at the
Brookshall Brick Yard, Norwich Road, Ipswich. Houses built on Sherrington Road & Westholme Road & a
park now occupy this former brickworks site. Photo & Info by Martyn Fretwell.
William Grisenthwaite was a builder and contractor who is listed as owning the Wildriggs Brick Works, on the outskirts of Penrith in 1899 and 1901. In 1893 he was advertising bricks and tiles from his works in Mile Lane, Penrith. Photo by Phil Burgoyne.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
Both are used as a border to a flower bed at Grosmont NYMR loco shed. Photos by Michael Shaw.
Photo by Ian Summerfield.
Photo by Lee Sayer.
Photos by Chris Tilney.
Photo by Chris Cooper.
Edward Gross, Wix near Manningtree, Essex is listed in Kellys 1906 to 1910 editions & the works was operational between 1905 & 1912. Photo & Info by Martyn Fretwell.
Matthew Grove of Northfield, Birmingham. Kelly’s 1867 to 1888 edition. In the 1871 and 1881 census he is described as a farmer and brick manufacturer employing 7 & 9 men respectively. In 1889 he is described as having suffered pecuniary difficulties and the works seems to have closed around that time. It is marked as disused on 1900 OS map. Info by Martyn Fretwell & David Kitching, photo by Angel Rose.
John Grover a Kent builder purchased the Hammer Vale Brickworks, Hampshire around 1900. Both blue clay ( for tiles ) and yellow clay ( for bricks ) was found on this site. His bricks were used to rebuild the slums in East London and such was the demand for his machine made bricks, that when the clay ran out in 1938, production was moved to the Nutbourne Brickworks, Hambledon, Surrey. Photo and info by Martyn Fretwell. Also see the entry for Hammer.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
John Grundy, Wolstenholme Hall, Norden, Rochdale. In 1865 the brickworks was operated by Messrs. John Grundy, Sons, and Company, Wolstenholme Hall. There is an old brickworks shown on the 1890 OS map in the land behind Baitings Mill at Wolstenholme which is likely to be the source of these bricks. Photos by David Kitching.
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection. This brick and tile works, with an adjacent quarry, was located south of New Scarborough, Guiseley, West Yorks between 1893-1938. Although today the area is recognised as Yeadon brickworks SSSI, in 1938 it was called Guiseley brickworks. I feel quite sure that a single site has had two names. The Yeadon brickworks and quarry were owned by the Marshall family. In a 1908 Kelly's Directory the owners are given as Marshall & Gray Ltd. In addition to the [GUISELEY BRICKWORKS] mark that is illustrated above the company also used [M.MARSHALL][GUISELEY] and also [M&G]. Information by Derek Barker.
The Gunville brickworks was near to Newport, Isle of Wight, Photo by Alan Bevan.