Produced at Heddon Colliery brickworks when owned by John Moor Bates. Photo by Chris Tilney.
William Short Batley, Parkgate, Rotherham. White's Rotherham directory 1868.
William Batley appears to have had an interest in several brickmaking concerns as is evidenced by this extract from The London Gazette dated March 30th 1880: - The Bankruptcy Act, 1869. "In the County Court of Yorkshire, holden at Sheffield. In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement" or Composition with Creditors, instituted by William-Short Batley, late of Parkgate, in the parish of Rawmarsh, in the county of York, but now of 58, Earl Marshal-road, Sheffield, in the said county, William Martin, of Fitzwilliam-road, Eastwood-vale, in Rotherham, in the said county, and William Hartley, of Wilson street, Castleford, in the said county, all carrying on business in copartnership, at Parkgate aforesaid, as Sanitary Pipe and Brick Manufacturers (formerly in partnership with James Russell Swift), under the style or firm of Batley, Mastin, Hartley, and Co., and the said William Short Batley also carrying on the business of a Brickmaker, in copartnership with Benjamin Fish and the said James Russell Swift, at Fir-vale, in the parish of Sheffield, in the said county, under the style or firm of Batley and Co., and also the business of a brick maker, in copartnership with Mary Ann Watkinson, the said James Russell Swift and William Anderson, at Richmond-hill, in the parish of Leeds, in the said county, under the style or firm of Batley, Watkinson, and Co., and the said William Hartley carrying on the business of a Brick and Sanitary Pipe Maker, as Trustee under the will of the late Joshua Hartley, in copartnership with his co-Trustees thereunder, Everett Hartley, Charles Ibbotson Hartley, and Joshua Hartley, under the style or firm of Joshua Hartley and Co,, at the Victoria Clay Works, at Castleford aforesaid. The creditors of the above-named William Hartley who have not already proved their debts, are required, on or before the 8th day of April, 1880, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims to me, the undersigned, Andrew Macredie, of 26, George street, Sheffield, Accountant, one of the Trustees under the liquidation, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of the Dividend proposed to be declared.—Dated this 25th day of March, 1880. A. MACREDIE, J. W. BELLAMY, Trustees."
William Batley was also the owner of a firebrick manufacturing business at Totley to the south of Sheffield in the 1880s and 1890s.
Photo and info from Frank Lawson.
A Refractory brick which was possibly made by The Morgan Crucible Co. of Battersea. Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Reverse of brick.
Battledown Brick Co Ltd., Hales Road, Cheltenham, Gloucs. Kelly's Gloucestershire Directory 1914: - Webb Brothers Ltd., 10 Colonnade & Battledown Brickyard, Hales Road, Cheltenham. Info from Frank Lawson.
The Reverend Arthur Armitage formed the Battledown Brick Company Ltd and set about a major modernisation programme.around 1863. In 1890 Armitage leased part of the Brickfield at Battledown to two brothers, Harold Arthur and Roland Julian Webb. In 1894 they purchased the Company as a whole and a new era began which was to last for over 65 years. The process of the run-down and sale of Webb Brothers Ltd.'s assets began with the serious decline of the brick business in 1956 and terminated in the spring of 1971, when the Board took the unavoidable decision to close down the Company. Information taken from "THE BATTLEDOWN BRICKWORKS" by David A. O'Connor. For a full history of the business visit: - www.gsia.org.uk/reprints/2002/gi200204.pdf.
Thanks to Christopher Dixon.
The Bealeswood Brickworks at Gunnislake was started c1850 by Thomas Westlake. It grew to be the largest brickworks in Cornwall but closed n 1914. Photo by Merryn G.
Beans Brick & Marl Co, Clanway Brickworks, Tunstall (Katy Bean's). Photo by Ken Perkins.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
Beardsley & Pounder are first listed in Wright’s 1882 edition at Rutland Wharf, Ilkeston, but they had taken over the Wash Meadows Brickworks which was adjacent to Rutland Wharf from the Potter Family by May 1876. A report in the London Gazette states that Solomon Beardsley and William Pounder, brickmakers of Ilkeston, were dissolving their company by mutual consent from the 29th day of January, 1892 & all debts due to and owing by the said late firm would be received and paid by the said Solomon Beardsley. Dated this 29th day of January 1892. Solomon Beardsley continues to run this brickworks together with his son John & they are listed as S. Beardsley & Son in Kelly’s 1895 to 1900 editions. Solomon died in 1895 & son John together with his brother William continued to run S. Beardsley & Son to 1900 when the works closed. Photos & Info by Martyn Fretwell.
It appears the plate to make this Beardsley brick had "& Pounder" removed after their partnership had been dissolved, saving a bob or two on the making of a new plate. Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
William Beardsley & Sons, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, Derbys.
Martyn Fretwell writes ;- William Beardsley, born 1835, is listed as brickmaker in Cotmanhay, Ilkeston in Kelly’s 1876 to 1887 editions. The 1881 census records William as a Lace & Brick Manufacturer, but all other census listings only record him as a Lace Maker. Living on Ash Street, Cotmanhay in 1881 William’s brickworks was two fields to the south this street. William had two sons & the 1881 census records Frederick as a coal merchant (previously a Lace Maker) & Arthur as a Lace Maker, so it appears neither of these two sons were brickmaking with their father, but they were included in the company name on this brick. Kelly's Derbyshire Directory 1881 & 1887. Photos by Phil Burgoyne.
Photo by Chris Tilney.
Found in a structure on the Cassop Waggonway in County Durham. Photo by David Wigham.
Found at Langley Park, West Durham. Thanks to Davie Barrass for the photo.
Photo by Anthony E Gray.
Bearpark Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., Bearpark Brickworks, Bearpark, Co. Durham. Photo by David Kitching.
Photos by Chris Tilney.
Made near Carlisle, photo by Frank Lawson, info by Peter Hughes.
Also known as East Curthwaite. Originally opened by Robert
Lucock in 1831. It was managed by a variety of his relatives
both before and after his death in 1854. It eventually closed in
1879. It re-opened in 1882 by Mr. Beaty, who ran the works until
1888 when they closed and he moved to the Kingstown Brick
Works. Photos and info by Graham Brooks.
Believed to be James and Thomas Beaty and probably made at the Thursby works in the 1880s. Photo by Chris Graham.
John Beaty & Co was running the Crown Brickworks at Cumwhinton in the 1890s. The business seems to have closed by 1924. Info and photo by Graham Brooks.
Bedworth Brickworks was on the east side of Bedworth Station and is shown on maps of 1902, but was in existence by 1899. It had two large continuous kilns. A siding opened in October 1900 to serve the site, the "Traders to pay a yearly sum of £20 to the railway company for the use of". There was a stable at the end of the siding for horses. It is thought that the brickworks closed by 1902 and in October 1906, the London Gazette stated that 'The Bedworth Brick, Tile & Timber Co. to be dissolved & struck off the register'. The siding was transferred to the Exhall
Colliery & Brickworks on 27th June 1907, then closed on 1st July 1919. Information by Nigel Furniss and Peter Lee. Photo by Nigel Furniss.
Photo by Steve Chaplin.
Made at the Bede Brick and Pipe Works, Hebburn, Tyneside.
Found at Eshott, Northumbria. Photo by Mark Cranston.
Photo by Steven Tait.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell.