"Old Bricks - history at your feet"
English bricks - page 4b-4
Browne to Burham
Browne & Co, Bridgwater
Found by John Biggs in Glastonbury. Browne and Company had brick
yards in Bridgwater and the surrounding area. The business was merged into the Somerset Trading Company in the early 1890s.
Photo by Ian Williams.
Buck,
Cambridge
Thomas Buck junior is listed as brickmaker at Stanley Road,
Newmarket Road, Cambridge in Kelly's 1892, 96 & 04 editions
& his works was operational between 1880 & 1912. Info by Martyn Fretwell, photo by Frank Lawson.
Buck, Co.
Durham
Photo by Mark Cranston. J Buck is listed as having concerns at
both Low Fell and Dunston in the 19thC.
Buckley & Co - see Steeple House
Buckleys Lowside
Rothwell and Ephraim Buckley were working the drift mine known as
Lowside Colliery on Glodwick Lows, Oldham, from c1910 until 1938.
Immediately to the east was the Lowside Brickworks that appears to
have opened after 1900 and was gone by the early 1950s.
Photo and information by David Kitching.
Budleigh
Salterton
Martin Smith, who spotted this one, writes: There was a brickworks
in Dalditch Lane, Budleigh Salterton which was in business between
about 1871 to 1907 when the site was put up for auction. The
site has now completely disappeared under a growth of
conifers.
Builders
Direct Supply Co.
The Builders' Direct Supply Co Ltd were primarily builder's
merchants, until they took over the brickworks of Cunnell & Co
Ltd on Mile Cross Lane, Norwich in order to manufacture their own
soft reds, believed in the 1920s using a Hoffman-type kiln, until
it was demolished in the early 1960s. Photo and info by
Chris Fisher.
Discovered in the 1958 extension to the Catholic church in
Hunstanton, Norfolk by Eric Rhodes.
Building Bricks
Found on the site of Workington Steelworks by Richard Cornish. No idea as to the maker.
Found at Maryport and photographed by Mark Cranston who suggests that it may be a product of the Seaton Fire Brick Co.
Building Materials Co.
Seen at Nordelph, Norfolk by David Kitching. Martyn Fretwell
writes :- I have photographed this BMC brick in a fellow
enthusiasts collection and he has recorded this brick as Building
Materials Co. Ltd. prop. W.A. Bardell, Bawsey, Kings Lynn,
Norfolk. I then found the following trade directory entries for
Bardell Brothers at Bawsey, Kings Lynn in White's 1883 & 90
editions & Kelly's 1892 & 96 editions.
Building
Material Supply Stores
The Building Material
Supply Stores Ltd, 16a Chester St & works, Wood Street,
Shrewsbury is listed in Kelly's 1913 edition in the Brick &
Tile Manufactures section. Further research has revealed that Wood
Street was only a builders yard & BMSS was set up by H.H.
Treasure who had run a builders merchants yard from the Wood
Street site previously in his own name since the 1880's. Adverts
for BMSS records that they supplied Ruabon, Broseley &
Staffordshire bricks & tiles, also bricks made at the
Buttington Brickworks. H.H. Treasure is also known to have had an
interest in the Buttington Brickworks, possibly owning shares, so
one can assume that the Buttington Brickworks made the bricks
stamped BMSS & Treasure & Son. Also see entry for Treasure
& Son. Info & Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
Bull Bridge
Bull Bridge Brick Co. Ltd., Bullbridge, Ambergate, Derbyshire. Photos by Frank Lawson
Photo by Zoe Elizabeth Hunter.
Found at Rowsley in Derbyshire by Antony Meadows.
See also W Eaton.
Bull Hill Fire Clay Works, Darwen
Bull Hill Fire Clay Works, Darwen. This was situated on Cranberry Moss and was owned by Ralph Entwistle. On his death in 1899 the estate with the clay and coal mines beneath were sold at auction but the works seems to have already closed by that time. Nothing remains in the ground. Photos by Jason Stott.
Bulldog
Found in north-east England. Photo by Mike Graham.
Photos by Steven Tait.
Bulwell
The Bulwell Brick Company had two works, one on Wells Road,
Nottingham & this works is listed in Kelly's from 1891 to it's
1916 edition. The Kett Street works, Bulwell is listed from 1876
to it's 1932 edition, with this brickworks closing around
1940. Info by Martyn Fretwell.
Thanks to Darren Haywood for the photo.
Found near Papplewick
pumping station in Notts. by Alan Murray-Rust.
Found in Hucknall by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by Alan Murray-Rust.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell, found in Hucknall.
Photo by Frank Lawson
Photo by John Morley.
Found in a Bacup resident's collection. Photo by Jason Stott.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell. Courtesy of Nottingham City Museums
& Galleries.
W N Bundy,
Whittlesea
William Nelson Bundy was first in partnership with James Anderson
from 1868 to 1872 when the company was dissolved. Bundy &
Anderson are listed in Kelly's 1869 edition at Chatteris Road,
Whittlesey. W.N. Bundy is listed on his own at Station Road,
Whittlesey in Kelly's 1879 edition. Entries up to 1913 edition
then list the works at Lattersey Field, Whittlesey. Both these two
locations are the same site near to the railway station. The works
closed in 1913 with William going into liquidation. Photo by LBC
Steve & Info by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
Bunney Bros
Bunney Bros were operating at Springfield Brickworks, Bedworth in the 1890s. Photo by The Brickworks Museum.
Burbury Brickworks
Burbury Brickworks, Sparkhill, Birmingham operated from the later 19th century until the 1950s. The site access was from Bridge Road off Percy Road and it is presumed that this brick was named after the latter. A history of the works can be found here: https://aghs.jimdo.com/brick-and-tile-making/greet-and-tyseley/
This brick was used in an Edwardian house in Edgbaston. Photo by Stephen Hartland
See also the entry for A Lewis who owned this works around 1900.
Burgass
William Burgass is listed as brickmaker at Carlton Hill,
Nottingham in Kelly's 1855 & White's 1864 editions. In 1867
William Burgass and Edward Gripper combined their brickworks to
form The Nottingham Patent Brick Company, operating at Carlton
Hill and Mapperley. Info & Photo by Martyn Fretwell. Courtesy
of Nottingham City Museums & Galleries.
Photo by Nigel Furniss.
Burgh Castle
Burgh Castle Brick and Cement Works opened in 1859 and closed in 1912. The brickworks was owned by the Burgh Castle Portland Cement Co. from 1875 to 1892, then the Burgh Castle Brick Co. Ltd. from 1892 to 1904. The bricks were fired in four kilns. Chalk was brought by wherry from Whitlingham and bricks (red and white) were taken to buyers by water and used to build the Aquarium and hotels in Great Yarmouth. Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
Further information is available at these links: Norfolk Heritage and Facebook
Burham Brick & Cement Works
Photo by Marco Sonntag.
Burham Brick, Lime & Cement Co. near Aylesford, Kent was
started in 1852, by Thomas Cubitt, the architect of Queen
Victoria's Osborne House. In 1871 it became a Limited Company. He
produced millions of different kinds of bricks including Pether's
Patent ornamental bricks, which were made by forcing Gault clay
into a hinged iron mould. By this method any elaborate design
could be produced, which made it affordable and a durable means of
decoration. Bricks were also supplied via their own barges for the
London sewers and the Thames Embankment. As well as bricks he
produced lime and cement and by 1900 the company was formed into
APCM and was well known for its Blue Circle brand of Portland
cement. The works in Burham closed in 1941, photos of it now are here.
Photos by Tong Shan Hui and info by Martyn Fretwell.
Photos by Ken Evans.