Made by the Bradford
Brick & Tile Company Limited. The company was founded by a
group of Halifax businessmen in the 1870s. Its brick works were
initially at Wapping Road, Whetley Lane, and Great Horton (Beldon
Road). BB&T Co later opened operations in Seymour Street, Leeds
Road, which became its HQ. The other works were presumably closed at
around that time. Waste bricks from this company are extremely
common in the Bradford area. Thanks to Derek Barker for the info. Photos by Frank Lawson.
Photo by David Fox.
Bradford Colliery Co., Forge Lane, Bradford, Manchester. Slater's Manchester & Salford Directory 1883 & 1909. Photo by David Kitching.
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
This company was based at the Victoria Works, Rook Lane, off Tong
Street, Bradford. The Rook Lane works seemed to have developed as
a result of the brick making efforts of William Taylor and his
widow Martha (1874-75) which breached a deed of covenant he had
with the Bowling Iron Company. He had set up brick-making in
opposition to the Bowling Iron works own kilns on land he had
leased from the company. BIC eventually took over the brick making
activities themselves to produce the [BOWLING IRON WORKS] bricks
(1901-1922). Brick production survived longer than the actual iron
making. The Rook Lane works had evolved into the Bradford
Corporation brick-works on the same site by 1927. Thanks to
Derek Barker for the information.
Probably: - Hilary Bradley & Son, Deane Moor & Hope Street, Daubhill, Bolton, Lancs. Worrall's Directory 1871. Photo Info by Frank Lawson, photo by David Kitching.
In the 19th century William Bradley of Salthouse Road, Millom manufactured bricks and tiles as well as being a builder, joiner, contractor, painter and decorator. Photo by Richard Comish.
Photo by Chris Graham.
Joseph Bramall, senior, was born into a farming community in Oughtibridge near Sheffield in 1807. By the time he was 30 he had built up an industrial supplies business selling metal goods such as files, tools and metal implements etc. His company Joseph Bramall & Sons was also selling ganister for field walls and road repairs and in ground-form (initially from road surface scrapings) as a refractory lining material for use in cupolas in the growing Sheffield steel industry.
Between 1830 and 1880 the Bramall family rented, leased and bought land suitable for mining and quarrying ganister and became major dealers in ground ganister with goods sold as far afield as Russia (one order in 1872 from a customer in St. Petersburg being for 200 tons), France and the USA. By 1893 there were no less than four Bramall family members listed in local directories as separate ganister dealers with Charles (born 1850) eventually becoming the foremost among Joseph’s five sons.
Around 1865, the Bramall company opened a brickworks with one beehive kiln, Birtin Works, in nearby Worrall and this made Silica bricks alongside its ground ganister production. A larger works, Caledonian Works, opened nearby in 1871 to manufacture both ganister-based and fireclay-based bricks. Brick manufacture ceased at Birtin Works in 1889 as ganister brick production transferred to the Caledonian Works. A smaller brickworks, Bradshaw Works, was established near some gannister mines and quarries at Bullhousenear Langsett to the north of Stocksbridge. At some point the Bramall company made common bricks at one of their works
Birtin Works closed and was recorded as disused by 1923; the Caledonian Works grew from 3 beehive kilns in 1880 to 16 (2 rows of 8) by 1910 reducing to 8 kilns by 1920 and closed sometime in the early 1930s while Bradshaw Works was recorded as still operating with one kiln in 1931 but is thought to have closed soon after. It’s known that Bramall family members,Charles and Mary, invested in the Larkhall Fireclay Company Ltd., Caledonian Works, Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, Scotland around the 1920s to 1930s until those works themselves closed in 1937 and were sold to others.
Info by John Bramall and photo of a brick found in Fife by Mark Cranston. It is a matter of debate whether this brick was made at Sheffield or possibly the Scottish works at Larkhall.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
Bramley Brick Co., operated at the Swinnow Lane Brickworks at Bramley, Leeds, from c. 1898 when listed in Robinson, Leeds, to c1929, listed in Kelly, Leeds. The site was taken over by Jabez Woolley in 1930. Images PRBCO.
James Pearson Ltd. produced bricks at their Brampton Brickworks from 1900 through to the 1920's. Kelly's Trade Directory has entries in the 1925 & 1928 editions for James Pearson Ltd. Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield in the Brick & Tile Makers section. Brampton Colliery was sunk in 1899 to produce coal for the nearby pottery & brickworks after New Brampton Colliery had been closed. The owner of Brampton Colliery was James Pearson in 1907. Pearson had purchased London Pottery & its brickworks from Frederick Lipscombe in 1888. He had also purchased the nearby Oldfield Pottery in 1884 & both these works were connected to Brampton Colliery via a tramway. Pearson's Oldfield Pottery stamped their pots & bricks with Brampton when they were made for export. Info and photos by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by David Kitching.
Photo by Chris Tilney.
Thomas Brand, Norton, Malton, North Yorkshire - Kelly's Directory of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, 1893. Photo by Carla van Beveren.
Photo by Jase Fox.
Photo by Chris Graham.
The Branksea Clay & Pottery Company was set up in 1853 by an ex-Indian army officer, Colonel William Petrie Waugh (the island is now known as Brownsea). On a trip there with his wife he had discovered fine-grained, white china clay, a deposit that an eminent geologist declared could be worth £1,000,000' Colonel Waugh bought the island for £13,000 and set about building a huge pottery as well as a 3,000ft brick embankment and sea wall as part of a land reclamation scheme that created 100 acres of extra arable land.
The plan to manufacture fine porcelain did not work, and after lots of trials it was concluded that the clay on Brownsea just wasn’t suitable. So instead production was switched to far less lucrative products such as sewage pipes, bricks and chimney pots. This was a large scale operation and by 1856 there were nine kilns, one of which could fire 18,000 bricks at a time. These were all shipped across to Poole from Pottery Pier, which was connected to the brickworks by a horse-drawn tramway. Unfortunately the venture depended on large bank loans and didn’t make enough money to repay them. In 1857 Colonel Waugh fled to Spain and was declared bankrupt. The pottery was put up for auction, didn’t even meet its low reserve price and in the late 1880s it was closed for good.
Photos by Martyn Fretwell.
Brasside brickworks, County Durham. Photo by Steven Tait.
Bratt Colbran was formed in 1909 with offices at 10, Mortimer
Street, London. The company were manufacturers of gas fires,
electric fires, coal fires & surrounds, hence this glazed
brick. The company is unlikely to have actually manufactured bricks and will have contracted with one or more brick manufacturers to make glazed bricks with its name on. Company
adverts can be seen at this Link.
Info and Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
Photos by Penny Foreman.
Bretby Brick & Stoneware Co Ltd, Newhall, Derbyshire. Photo by Frank Lawson.
photo courtesy of Graham Hague (Sheffield) collection.Henry Bridges, Norroy Street, Sheffield, info by Frank Lawson.
The Bridgewater Collieries operated extensive brickworks at Mosley
Common adjacent to the pit. Photo by Alan Davies.
It appears that the letters were put on upside down. Photo by Elaine Hill.
Photo by Jason Stott.
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Abraham Brierley & Son Ltd. Brimrod (Sparth), Rochdale, Lancs. Worrall's Directory 1885. Photo by David Kitching.
Henry Briggs Son & Co Ltd., Whitwood, Normanton, West Yorks. The Company were major industrialists and the owners of several collieries in the Normanton & Pontefract area including Snydale, Whitwood, Haigh Moor and Methley Junction. The Company also owned Snydale Brickworks, Snydale, and the Micklefield and Newthorpe Lime Quarries and also controlled Briggs Collieries Limited. Photo and info by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Photo by Chris Shaw.
By 1869 there was a coal mine on Shipley High Moor, West Yorks operated by Briggs & Co. The same family owned the Fairweather Green brickworks. There were several generations who were active in Thornton, Clayton, Allerton and Shipley. John Schofield Briggs was a coal merchant of Thornton. His son was Joseph Briggs (1851-1912) who married Arabella Fairbank, thus uniting two Bradford coal mining and brick-making families. John Schofield Briggs and Joseph Briggs seem to have been partners in several enterprises. In 1860 they leased land from the Earl of Rosse at Shipley Moor and Sandy Lane Bottom for coal extraction. Colliery brickworks are common in West Yorkshire although I cannot identify the exact site of this brick's production, unless they were made at Fairweather Green but marked 'Shipley'. These bricks are still occasionally found today in the Shipley area and also in at least one derelict site near the University of Bradford. Thanks to Derek Barker for the photo and information.
William Briggs first appears in the trade directories as a brickmaker in the early 1880s. His works in Cheetham had two rectangular kilns in 1890. Having started as a bricklayer Briggs describes himself as a contractor and brick manufacturer in 1881 and a master brickmaker in 1901. The works is shown as derelict in 1923 with a new brickworks to the south west. Photo by David Kitching.
Photos by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
These bricks were produced by a company called Brighouse Brick, Tile & Stone Co. Ltd., Gooder Lane, Rastrick. I believe that it was this company that built Brick Terrace, Tile Terrace, and Brick & Tile Terrace, Rastrick for its employees. The quarry face behind the terraces is still clearly visible. In the late 19th century its addresses are given as Rastrick, Brighouse & Hillhouse Rd, Huddersfield. Thanks to Derek Barker for the information.
Photo by Chris Shaw.
Photo by Chris Worrell.
Photo by David Kitching.
Photo by Andrew Richards.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
Thanks to Simon Patterson for the photo
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Found by R.Coleman in Selston, Notts. Photo Martyn Fretwell.
Bristol Brick & Tile Co. Whitehall Rd. Speedwell, Bristol. Photo by Eric Taylor.
Photos by John Elliott.
The brickworks was at Crew's Hole, St George's, Bristol from the early 1800s to 1913. In 1890 the company advertised as 'Manufacturers of all kinds of sanitary ware' They also manufactured chimneypots and pavers. Photo by Eric Taylor.
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.Made at Britannia Brickworks, Pildacre Lane, Ossett, West Yorks
This one was found a long way from home! It was in the ruins of a now closed animal processing and freezer complex in Puerto Bories in Chilean Patagonia. Many thanks to Robert Runyard. It is unlikely to have been made at the same works as the above one.
Kelly's Directory for Cheshire, 1906 - 1914. The Britannia Brick Co. Lim.; reg. office, Westminster Buildings, Mill Street; works McLaren Street, Crewe. Photo by Gavin Paget.
The S is actually the British Steel logo. Found at the site of Workington Steelworks by Richard Cornish.
Still in business today in the Forest of Dean.
Found near Tintern by Michael Kilner.
William Bromley-Davenport of Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire owned a brickworks at Woodford, Cheshire. This works was in use before 1850 and continued until at least the mid-1870s. The 1897 OS map shows the site cleared and planted with trees. This brick was found not far from Woodford in the adjoining parish of Adlington. Photo & info by David Kitching.
Made at Marton brickworks, Capesthorne Estate, Cheshire. William Bromley-Davenport was the estate owner.
Simon Patterson photographed this one at Avoncroft Museum
This famous company owned several quarries, including one in Scandinavia, a mine and a brick-works, in the 1840s. Joseph Brooke died in 1876 and his sons took over the business. They were certainly making bricks and firebricks by the end of the century. In the 20th century the company was known as Brooke Ltd and in 1910 many local authorities used their 'Silex' stone non-slip flags. The business later declined and closed in the 1960s. The firm constructed Brookeville, Hipperholme in 1911 using their products. Thanks to Derek Barker for the information.
photo by Darrell Prest
Found in Halifax by Simon Patterson.
photo by Darrell Prest.
Photos by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection, found at Clayworth, Notts.
Photo by Darren Haywood.
Front and back of Joseph Brooke brick by Robert G Farmer.
Found at Tockwith airfield in North Yorkshire by Sue Wright.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by Jason Stott.
The two above photographs by Danielle Watson show a Brooke brick with a geometric pattern on the side. I had not previously seen anything other than plain glazed bricks from this firm.
Found during archaeological excavations on a site just west of Hounslow. Photo by Geoff Potter, Compass Archaeology.
Two brown glazed examples from the enginehouse of an Oldham Mill. Photo by Carley Noga.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
Photo by Jason Stott.
Photos by David Kitching.
Photo by Martin Fretwell.
Edward Brooke & Sons owned the Fieldhouse fire-clay works at
Fartown, Huddersfield. Listed in trade directories from 1857
to 1917 and owned by Leeds Fire Clay from around 1890. Thanks
to Derek Barker and Phillip Rothery for the information.
This brick was found at Baildon, West Yorkshire. Brookes (Hx) were
owners of the Yorkshire Ganister Co. on Green Road, Baildon
between 1901 & 1908. Brookes also manufactured white glazed
bricks at their Huddersfield site, so it is open to
conjecture as to where this ordinary red building brick was made.
Image PRBCO.
Photo by David Kitching.
Photo by Warren Dunford.
Edward Brooks appears as a brickmaker in the 1875 Worrall's Directory of Oldham where he is listed as living at 55 Ashton Road. Photo by David Kitching.
Found in Middleton.
William Brooks, Chamber Brick Works, Ashton Road, Copster Hill, Oldham is listed in trade directories 1875-1895. Photos by David Kitching.
Photos by Jason Stott.
The Brookhouse Brick Co., Littledale, Caton, Lancaster operated from the early 1920s to the late 1960s - Winstanley, M. Rural Industries of the Lune Valley, 2000. See also entry for Lune.
Broomhill Colliery near Alnwick.
William Brough, Haying, Silverdale, Newcastle under Lyme is listed
in Kellys 1860 edition, then the entry is W. Brough & Son in
Kelly's 1868 to 1892 editions. Info by Martyn Fretwell, photos by Ken Perkins.
Photographed at a brick reclamation yard in Kent. James Brown
owned brickworks in Brentwood, Boreham, Hatfield, Witham, Upminster
& Romford in Essex & I have found him listed in several
trade directories from 1874 to 1914. Kelly's 1894 edition records
him at Writtle Street, Chelmsford, Upminster, Romford &
Braintree. Photo & Info by Martyn Fretwell.
James Brown, Rossington Hall, Doncaster. This brick was found in the grounds of Rossington Hall. James Brown was the owner of the hall from 1845 until his death in 1877. On the OS 6 inch map of 1901 there is evidence of brick ponds just to the north of the hall so I suspect that this brick was made on the estate and pressed with the estate owner's initials. Photo & info by Frank Lawson.
The Sheffield steel firm owned Rotherham Main Colliery at Canklow near Rotherham. Photo and information by Antony Meadows.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
John Kay Brown was born at Skiers Hall in Elsecar in 1808. His father was a brick maker and John ran his own brickworks close to Milton Ironworks. He died in 1877. Photo by Vanessa Arnold.
Roger Brown, Ecclesall New Road, Sheffield. White's Sheffield Directory 1856/1862. Photo by Frank Lawson, courtesy of Graham Hague (Sheffield) collection.
Brown & Ragsdale, Millgate & Beacon Hill, Newark - Kelly's trade directory 1853. Photo by Ben Powell, brick found at Barnby-in-the-Willows, Nottinghamshire.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell. Courtesy of Nottingham City Museums
& Galleries.
Bunney Bros were operating at Springfield Brickworks, Bedworth in the 1890s. Photo by The Brickworks Museum.
See also the entry for A Lewis who owned this works around 1900.
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 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
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.
W. Burkitt worked for Fred Jewson at Fred's brickworks in Haddenham, Cambs. before setting up on his own at a location which is unknown. Photo & Info by Martyn Fretwell.
also see the entry for Leeds Fireclay Co.
A member of the Leeds Fireclay Company. Image PRBCO.
In 1871 John Burn was a brick manufacturer employing 6 men and 4 women living at German House adjacent to Choppington Station, Northumberland. The brickworks was just to the west of his residence. Photos by Chris Tilney.
Photo by Steven Tait.
Burn Fireclay Co. Stobswood, Northumberland, open from 1860 to mid 1990's. Burnaxe, Furnaxe, Superaxe and Meltaxe were also made here. An axe was the company trade mark.
Photo by David Kitching.
Photo by Tony Gray.
Thanks to George Simpson for the photo.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell
Photo by Chris Tilney.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
Found in the Tweed estuary by Andrew Stewart. Photo by Edith Stewart.
Photos by Anne Jeffcoat.
Photo by Tony Gray.
Photos by Mark Cranston.
Photos by Paul Hampson.
Found at Rosyth by Andrew Wood.
Found in the Irish Republic but thought to be from the United Kingdom. Photo by Robert Reynolds.
The Burnley Brick & Lime Company Ltd., Reedley Hallows,
Burnley ( Kelly 1901 ) and
Hesandford works, Burnley & Altham ( Kelly 1918 ). Photo by
Jason Stott.
The Burscough Brick & Tile Co. (Thorougoods) operated from about
1900 to the 1960’s. Photo and info by Peter Lea.
This company was owned by two Quaker families, the Hooper's and the Ashby's and as well as being in business together they were also united by marriage. The Company was started by Edward Hooper in Southampton and he is recorded in the 1851 census as an engineer/brickmaker, trading in slate, white bricks and cement at Baltic Wharf, Chapel Road, Southampton. Other members of both families joined this expanding company which traded as Hooper and Ashby and in 1864 Edward's brother Charles purchased the White Brickworks at Exbury. By the 1881 census the company now under the control of Edmund Ashby traded as builders merchants, brickmakers and barge owners, employing 90 men and 25 boys. Around 1893 the company of Hooper and Ashby was then split into two with Morris Ashby and Robert Beck (Edward Hooper's son in law) running the builder's merchants and with Edmund and Robert Ashby running the brick and cement works which now traded as Hooper and Co. at Chandlers Ford. With clay reserves running low at Chandler's Ford Edmund and Robert Ashby then opened a new brickworks at Lower Swanwick near Bursledon around 1896/7. This new works first traded as Hooper and Co. with the name then being changed to the Bursledon Brick Co. in 1903 and their bricks were stamped with their distinct logo of B.B.Co. The Ashby family continued to run the Bursledon brickworks until it was taken over just after the Second World War by the Sussex & Dorking Brick Company, who in turn were taken over by Redland. The Bursledon works continued under Redland until it's closure in 1974. Info and bricks photographed at the Bursledon Brickworks Museum by Martyn Fretwell. More info: http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk
Found at Preston Montford, Shrewsbury. Broseley is near Ironbridge. Burton, John and Edward, brickmakers, Ladywood. (From Harrison, Harrop & Co. Trade Directory, 1861). Photo and info by Christopher Dixon.
Photo by Mike Shaw.
Photo by Frank Lawson.
Found in Suffolk by Simon Patterson who adds that the company was owned by Fisons Ltd. in Ipswich. Peter Harrison states this was made by the Burwell Brick Co. at Burwell near Newmarket.
This is the first lettered brick I have ever seen from Macclesfield. The maker is Abraham Bury who was already in business as a brickmaker in 1858. By 1871 he was Mayor of Macclesfield and described himself as an earthenware manufacturer at Sutton Pottery on Byrons Lane, Sutton. The Sutton Pottery continued in business making plant pots until the early 1980s. Found in Macclesfield and photographed by Steve Biddulph.
Two bricks found in Macclesfield by Frank Lawson.
Kellys 1876 edition lists J. Butcher as brickmaker
at Irchester, Wellingborough. Info & Photo by Martyn Fretwell
courtesy of the Bill Richardson Collection at Southwick Hall.
Photo by Chris Tilney.
Photo by Tony Gray.
Photo by David Kitching.
Made by the Bute Brickworks, High Spen, Tyne & Wear. This example was used in the construction of the colliery buildings at Chopwell Colliery. Thanks to George Simpson for the photo.
Photos by Frank Lawson. The name is that of the local landowner The Marquis of Bute.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell. Timothy Butler, Marlpool, Heanor, Derbys (Post Office Derbyshire Directory 1855), info by Frank Lawson.
A County Durham brick. Butterknowle bricks were marked by a thumbprint. This tapered brick was used in a coke oven at East Howle, Durham. Thanks to Paul Harman for the photo and information.
The Butterley Company were based in Ripley, Derbyshire and began life as Benjamin Outram & Co in 1790. They owned several brickworks and the brickworks side of the business eventually became part of Hanson PLC.
Martyn Fretwell writes; Info from the National Archives, The Butterley Co. owned brickworks at Waingroves, Ollerton & Kirkby, but with Kirkby being nationalised in 1947 they acquired the Ambergate Brick Co. and the Blaby Brick & Tile Works. These two works were merged into the group in 1955 & they renamed the group, Butterley & Blaby Brick Co.Ltd. Hence B & B Waingroves and B & B Ambergate, see link for picture of name board at Ambergate. In 1968 the company was taken over by the Wiles Group, later called Hanson Trust Ltd. Then in 1969 the company was renamed as Butterley Building Materials Ltd., when it acquired several more brickworks in the 1970's & 80's including the National Star Group, the Castle Brick Co. and the London Brick Co. 1985 saw the company change its name again to the Butterley Brick Co. Ltd. http://www.cacn.org.uk/news/basa0612.htm
Photo by Colin Butler.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
Photos by David Kitching.
Thanks to Simon Patterson for the above photos.
Photo by Ian Armstrong.
Photo by Maurice Stokes, found at Clay Mills.
photo by Martyn Fretwell
Photo by Jason Stott.
Found in Ironville, Derbyshire by Martyn Fretwell.
Thanks to Colin Butler and Martyn Fretwell, they believe that this brick was made at what later became N.C.B. Kirkby. Photo by Jason Stott.
Photos by Frank Lawson.
Thanks to Ian C for the above photo.
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Believed to be Waingroves bricks, found near Alfreton, photos by Frank Lawson.
Photo by Nigel Furniss.
J. & William Buxton are listed as brickmakers in Kimberley,
Nottingham in Kelly's1876 edition & is followed by entries for
William Buxton in 1881 to 1904 editions at Kimberley. Photo &
Info by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by David Kitching.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
James Byrom ran a brickworks in the Audley area of Blackburn. He sold off his plant at Lambeth Street in 1884 by which time the area was being built over.
The Byrom family were involved in brickmaking in the area south of Bank Top in Blackburn where there were a number of works from the late 1840s. At East Street in 1868 Dobson & Barlow were runnng the Witton Patent Brickworks with machinery driven by a 16 hp horizontal steam engine. This was subsequently operated by John Dixon before the area was built over in the 1880s. William Byrom is listed as a brickmaker in the 1861 and 1871 census, living on Duckworth Street and then Galligreaves Street just to the east of the brickworks.
Byron bricks were made at Byron Brick works near Carr Vale
Derbyshire. Link to history of the company here.
Thanks to Simon Patterson for the photos.
The lettering reads: Adamantine. T Bytham W. Registered. Found by Frank Lawson in Little Bytham, Lincolnshire and is from the works of Towers & Williamson who operated in Little Bytham until the early 20th century and specialised in Allenite Clinker bricks.