"Old Bricks - history at your feet"

English bricks page 4a-1

Blacklock & Hall to Blythe

Blacklock & Hall

Blacklock & Hall operated at Carrs Yard brickworks, Bells Close, between 1847 and 1855. Cliff of Newcastle apparently operated from the same yard in 1861, William and Thomas Carr operated the yard until 1894. Photos and info by Chris Tilney.

Blackmoor

Dave Blackmoor writes: there was a brickyard in Slacky Lane, Heath End, Pelsall, Walsall which produced Blackmoor bricks. My Great Great Grandfather Joseph Blackmoor and his family lived there around 1880. David Kitching adds: The Heath End brickworks does not appear on the 1884 OS map and closed in February 1906 when the partners, operating under the style of G. Blackmoor & Co. were declared bankrupt. Photo by Ray Martin.

Blackstone Edge

Whittaker Fire Clay Works Littleborough,started 1851. Photo and info by Colin Driver.

Blackwell

Blackwell is a colliery village to the west of Mansfield. Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.

B W Blades, West Bromwich

B.W. Blades is listed in Kelly’s 1850 & 1860 editions at Lea brook, Tipton. Brownlow William Blades appears on the 1881 census as a "Blue Brick Manufacturer", living in Swan Road, West Bromwich. His son had the same name, as did his father who was also a brickmaker from Northampton. The West Bromwich works was operating in the 1870s and was still in business in 1900. Photo and information by David Kitching.

This one was photographed on a canal bank near Dudley. Thanks to Tim Lawton for the photo.

Photo by Lynn Hawthorne.

Photo by Tyrone Puddle.

M H Blanchard, Bishops Waltham

I have found trade directory listings for M.H. Blanchard at Bishops Waltham, Hampshire in Kellys 1875 to 1927 editions & info for this company can be read at this Link on page 94. Photo by Martyn Fretwell.

Photo by Amy Davies.

Found on the foreshore near the site of the Carmarthen Bay Power Station by Hugh Owen.

Photo by Maurice Stokes.

Photo by Hamish Fenton.

Blashfield, Stamford

John Marriott Blashfield, (1811-1882) was a property developer and mosaic floor and ornamental terracotta manufacturer. He originally worked for the cement makers Wyatt, Parker and & Co in Millwall. In 1858 Blashfield transferred his terracotta business from London to premises on Wharf Road, Stamford as the estuarine clay produced high quality terracotta which was widely exported. His business was re-named The Stamford Terracotta Co.The company closed in 1875 due to competition from cheaper mass produced terracotta industries.
Photo and info by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.

Blaydon : see Harriman

Blaydon & Eltringham

Both these bricks are stamped W Harriman on the side. Photos by Chris Tilney.

Found in a Gateshead garden by Albe Barratt

Bletchley Flettons

Found in London by Simon Patterson.

In 1933, Mr. Antony Ernest Lamb started a brickworks at Skew Bridge near
Water Eaton. Before the works was finished a company was set up called Bletchley Flettons to run it. Mr. A. E. Lamb was one of two sons of Mr. W.T. Lamb who joined Read & Andrews at Newton Longville in 1919. The Lambs were builders merchants established in 1901. A new claypit was opened in the late 1940's at Loughton to serve Skew
Bridge works. In 1950 Skew Bridge was taken over by London Brick Co. and renamed Jubilee Works.

The lettering B B C is thought to represent the Bletchley Brick Company which seems to have been incorporated to run an existing works c1919. The business began manufacturing Flettons in 1923. An alternative expalnation is that the letters represent Beebys Brick Co. Ltd. Peterborough. Photos by Nigel Furniss.

Blisworth Brick Co.

Blisworth is a village in Northamptonshire. Photo by Brian Orton.

Blockley, Bloxwich

Benjamin Pollard Blockley, Victoria brick works, Bloxwich, Walsall. Kelly's Directory, 1904. Photo by Andrew Morley.

Blockleys

A modern paver made by Blockleys of Trench Lock, Telford, part of Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC. Photo & Info Martyn Fretwell.

Ron Young adds some detail on pavers: This one has two moulded ribs on the face in the photograph, and probably another one or two ribs on one or other of the ends. The edges also appear to be slightly bevelled. The idea behind the ribs was to keep the pavers apart as they were being laid and, especially if it was to be flexible paving onto a sand bed, give room for loose sand to be brushed down between each paver and its neighbour to enable them to move and recover as a vehicle ran over them.

Photo by Andrew Richards.

Found on demolished outbuildings at Ditherington flaxmill, Shrewsbury by Michael Shaw. Michael adds: it
is quite possible that it is from Benjamin Peter Blockley (precursor of Blockleys) who began at Hadley, Wellington, Shropshire apparently in 1894.

Blomfield, Halstead

Charles Blomfield, farmer, brick & tile maker in Halstead. Essex is listed in White's 1848 &1863 editions & then in the 1874 Post Office edition at Brook Farm, Halstead. Photo & Info by Martyn Fretwell.

Bloomfield

The Bloomfield Blue Brick Co. (Late James Whitehouse) is listed at Bloomfield, Tipton in Kelly's 1892 & 96 editions. Then as the Bloomfield & Stourbridge Blue & Red Brick Co. Ltd. Bloomfield, Tipton in Kelly's 1900 & 04 editions. Info by Martyn Fretwell.

Blue Bell : see Backworth

G Blyth, Fulstow

George Blyth, brickmaker is recorded in trade directories for 1872 and 1885. Photo by Martyn Fretwell taken at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Lincoln, who also supplied the information.

W Blyth

Photo by Sharon Stevens.

This tile was found on the South bank of the Humber. Made by William Blyth in Barton. Listed initially in White in 1872, the Ings Lane Yard finally closed in 2006, though tiles and possibly bricks are still made in Barton - upon - Humber (2014).I believe a kiln at the Ings Lane site was being fired in April 2013 in preparation for opening to the public. Detailed in formation about brick and tile making in the area can be found in Bryant & Land (2007) " Bricks, Tiles & Bicycles in Barton before 1900". Image PRBCO.