Charles Robinson is listed as a brickmaker in Barlborough, Derbys in Kelly's 1908 edition. Photo & Info by Martyn Fretwell. Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
Edward Robinson was a builder and contractor in Belper from the 1830s to the 1860s and he is likely to have operated the works at the opposite end of Becksitch Lane to that run by W Brown. Info by Martyn Fretwell, Photos by Ian Brownson.
George Robinson & Son, Crowle Brickworks, Crowle Wharf, Scunthorpe, Lincs. Info by Frank Lawson.
James Robinson & Son (Sheffield) Ltd, Blagden Street, Park, Sheffield - White's Sheffield & Rotherham Directory 1911.
James Robinson is listed in other Sheffield directories as follows: -
1856 - James Robinson, Intake Road, Sheffield
1862 - James Robinson, Park View, Intake Road, Sheffield
1879 - James Robinson & Son, Duke Street, Park, Sheffield
1905 - James Robinson & Son, Blagden Street, Sheffield
Photos and info by Frank Lawson.
Photo by Andrew Richards.
Photo by Richard Carr.
Photo by David Kitching.
Ernest Robinson, Tachbrooke, Leamington,Warwickshire,1888-1900. Photo & Info by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by Ian Castledine.
George Robinson, Wortley Road, Masbrough, Rotherham is listed as a brick manufacturer in Kelly's Sheffield & Rotherham Directory 1893. Kelly's West Riding Directory of 1881 records - James & George Robinson, Wortley Road, Masbrough, Rotherham as Brick & Tile Makers. An obituary notice in the London Gazette dated November 13th 1885 records the address of the brickyard as North Greaves Brickyard, Masbrough, Rotherham. Info by Frank Lawson, photo by Ray Martin.
Found by Ray Martin at the postal sorting depot at Sutton Coldfield Park Station, originally built in 1942 as the USAAF Postal Depot. During WW2, all US forces post to and from Europe was sorted at this depot. After the war it was taken over and extended by Royal Mail.
Robert & William Robson, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1863-1908. Photos by Chris Tilney.
Photo by Chris Graham.
Photos by Mick Hall.
Photo by Steven Tait.
Thought to be from the works of John Robson at Hunwick, County Durham. In the mid-1850s Robson was a builder and quarry owner in the area as well as a brick manufacturer. Photo by Chris Tilney.
Found at Seaton Burn. This may be Robert Robson, Burnmoor Tilery, Burnmoor, Chester le Street, Co. Durham. Slater's Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland & Yorkshire 1855. Photo by Frank Lawson.
Photo by Ross Chisholm.
The Robson family seem to have started as builders in Darlington and then expanded into brickmaking. Thomas Robson was a builder in 1841 and his son Thomas is subsequently recorded as a builder in 1851. By 1855 he seems to have gone into brickmaking, at a works off Brunswick Street in Darlington, in partnership with Christopher Oxendale a local timber merchant whose father was previously a builder too. In 1861 he describes himself as a Builder and Brick & Tile maker employing 24 men and 3 boys. His son Richard C Robson seems to have taken over the running of the business by 1875 and was still described as a Brick & Tile manufacturer in 1881. Also in 1861 James Clearby Robson, brother to Thomas Robson junior is also described as a Brick & Tile manufacturer employing 19 men and 14 boys. There were several brickworks around the end of Brunswick Street and his is likely to be one near to that of his brother. These works disappeared before 1890 as the area was built over. The brickworks from which Richard C Robson produced this brick for the 1875 Pilmore Bridge over the River Tees at Rockcliffe, near Darlington now lies beneath Borough Road. Photo by Michael Chapman.
Thomas Robson & Co ran a brick works at Botcherby, Carlisle, from 1832 till 1863. The reverse of this brick shows that Mr Robson had brickmaking machinery using Percy's Patent improvements. Info & photo by Graham Brooks.
Photo by David Kitching.
