"Old Bricks - history at your feet"

English bricks - page 8

Facey to Fenay Bridge

Hugh Facey

This brick came from a site in Exeter, Devon and formed part of the upper courses of a 19th century well. The initials "HF" stamped on the brick refers to Hugh Facey, the builder responsible for construction of York Cottages and York Buildings and the well in the late 1810s-early 1820s. Thanks to Andrew Tizzard for the photo and info.

Farco

Photo by Tom Langton.

Photo by Frank Lawson. Martyn Fretwell writes :- Farco was a trade name used by the Farcet Brick Co. in Peterborough, which was owned by the McDougall family (flour mills) of Manchester. The Farcet Brick Co. in Farcet, Peterborough appears in Kelly's 1898 & 1903 editions with N. McDougall as secretary & was in operation from 1896 to 1921. After the company went into liquidation the works was sold to the London Brick Co. A link to brickworks in that area in 1900.

Farish, Chester

William Farish was a coal, flag, slate and tile merchant in Chester. It seems that he had bricks made stamped with his name by a brickworks elsewhere. This was quite a common thing for brick merchants in the 19th century. It is quite likely that his brick was actually made in North Wales.

Farnham

Photo by Pál Aczima.

Farnley Iron

Farnley Iron Works was founded in 1844 by Armitage Brothers of Farnley Hall. It is reckoned that the Farnley Iron Company produced more bricks than iron. It manufactured both household and firebricks.

This one is a double bull nose and is glazed.

Photos by Frank Lawson.

This wonderful glazed brick was discovered during the renovation of Carnforth station in Lancashire. Stephanie writes: When renovation work was being carried out by builders in the Furness and Midland Hall, they found one of the bricks was loose, high up on one of the walls, and on pulling it out and turning it round they found the other side was ceramic and ornately inscribed with the words "Farnley Iron Co Ltd Farnley, Leeds. This hadn't been seen, since it was built in the 1890's.

Photo by Derek Barker.

Photos by David Kitching.

Photo by Anthony Burke who found this example marked WORTLEY in an old fireplace at a farm in Cowling near Keighley.

Photo by Chris Tilney.

Photo by Alan Davies.

R Farrant, Cullompton

Photo courtesy of Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life.

Kelly's Directory for 1889 has Robert Farrant as a brick manufacturer at Growen, Cullompton. Photo by Nick Savage.

Farrington, March

Photo by Martyn Fretwell courtesy of the Bill Richardson Collection at Southwick Hall.

Faulkener, Crick

Photo by Andrew Farthing who writes: Crick is a small village in Northamptonshire and I have been told that these bricks were used in the building of Crick Canal tunnel on the Leicester branch of the Grand Union Canal, but haven't yet been able to verify that!

Fell

Mark Cranston says that Fell & Co. operated as merchants in bricks and other goods, out of the port Newcastle upon Tyne, in the 1850's/60's. It is likely that bricks bearing the name FELL were made by unknown brickworks to the order of the Fell company. Found at Dunston near Gateshead. Photo by Chris Tilney.

Photo by Chris Graham.

Fenay Bridge

Made in Huddersfield. Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.

Photo by Russ Firth.