Photo taken by Richard Paterson in Porthcawl. Richard adds: According to the website of Whittleford Park, near Nuneaton in Warwickshire, where the works once stood, the Haunchwood Brick and Tile Works was formed by Mr. James Knox and others in 1870. It is said that 'The business produced a wide variety of ceramic products as well as blue bricks which were renowned for their quality and widely used both throughout Britain and abroad. The clay used for making the bricks was extracted from the Clay Pool area from around 1894, creating a deep pit which later flooded'. Brick and tile manufacture ended in 1970 and the chimneys, kilns and other buildings were demolished the following year.
H. W. is Haunchwood Works. Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection, found near Thurgarton.
Photo by Jason Stott.
The last image is of a small brick used in fireplace surrounds. Photos by Martyn Fretwell.
This mini brick is known as a brickette and was used for decorative internal brickwork eg. fireplaces etc. Photo by Frank Lawson.
Another miniature brick. Photo by Jason Alsop.
Haunchwood Brick & Tile Co. Ltd., Stockingford, Heath End Road & Griff, Nuneaton. The Haunchwood Brick Company was established at Nuneaton, Warwickshire, in 1875 by a partnership three men and In 1878 it was reorganised into a limited company, the Haunchwood Brick and Tile Company Ltd. The firm had three works in the Nuneaton area: in Haunchwood Road, Stockingford (No. 1 Yard); Heath End Road (No. 2 Yard); and Bermuda Road (No. 3 Yard). Kelly's Warwickshire directory 1876 - 1940. Link to brickworks history on this page
Henry Hawkes was the landowner and took over the works in 1891 and it was known as Henry Hawkes brickworks until its closure in 1957, although it actually lost that title in the 30s. This particular brick came from a fellmongers works where the newest buildings dated from about 1930. Today the pit is filled and leveled and houses built on the kiln area.
Hawkins Colliery was also known as Cannock Old Coppice Colliery and commenced working c1840. Joseph Hawkins took on the lease in 1869 and the colliery remained under the control of the Hawkins family until nationalisation in 1947. The company also operated a brick and tile works with adjacent clay pit at Longhouse, adjacent to the Wyrley and Essington Canal. By the 1920s Henry Hawkins was advertising a wide range of products from the Longhouse Brick & Tile Works, Cannock. About 7 million bricks were made annually using clay mixed with mining spoil. The works continued in Hawkins' ownership after the colliery was nationalised and remains in production today under the Eternit name. Photo by Frank Lawson, info by David Kitching.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
Photo by Guy Morgan.
Hawkins & Son, Knowle Brickworks, Rowley Regis. This works was certainly being operated by Hawkins in 1878. Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
W Hawkyard & Sons Ltd., Victoria Fireclay Works, Elland, West
Yorks. Photos by Jason Stott.
