Thomas Elsley Ltd was a manufacturer of cast iron decorative pieces, especially firebacks and grates. This miniature brick was one of many used in creating an Elsley fireplace and was made by J C Edwards of Ruabon with the Elsley name in the stamp. Photo by Lesley Frances.
This works was set up by John Burke in the 1860's on land just north of the railway on Bordesley Green Road, Birmingham. John was later joined by Robert Elson in the partnership of Elson & Burke. After John's death the partnership was carried on by John's widow & the works was operational into the 1870's. In 1875 the works was taken over by the new formed Adderley Park Brick Co. in which both Robert Elson & George Burke (John's son) managed the works. The works was brought up to date with new machinery before APB Co. opened a second works just south of the railway on Bordesley Green Road. Also see Adderley Park entry. Info & Photo by Martyn Fretwell courtesy of the Chris Thorburn Collection.
Photo by Ray Martin.
Made at one of the works on the north bank of the Tyne at Elswick, Newcastle. Photo by Steven Tait.
The Eltringham Sanitary Pipe & Brick Co. Photo by Arthur Brickman.
The brickworks was set up by the Eltringham Colliery Company before 1881 on a site adjacent to the colliery and in 1883 the works was leased to Harriman and Co of Blaydon. At this time it operated as the 'Eltringham Brick and Tile Works making firebricks and white house bricks. It then expanded the range to include salt-glazed sanitary pipes. In 1891 a new company name: 'Eltringham Sanitary Pipe and Brick Company'. As well as pipes (3 inch to 15 inch diameter), they made mostly salt-glazed bricks. There were six round kilns in use in the 1890s and when the yard closed in 1970 there were eight round kilns. Source; http://thecastlegate.co.uk/theatrium/archives/172
Photos by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Photos by Chris Tilney.
Photos by Chris Graham.
Photos by Mike Graham.
This was an estate brickworks belonging to Elveden Hall in Suffolk. I have found that the brickworks was set up after 1901 & it is shown on two maps dated 1903 & 1926 but is not shown on the next available map dated 1938. From 1894 to the present day, Elveden Hall has been in the ownership of the Guinness family. Photo by John Bowes & Info by Martyn Fretwell. More info of the works & estate at this link.
There were several brickmakers in Stapenhill, near Burton, by the mid 19th C, and in 1881 William Elverson was one of the principal employers in the town. (British History Online). Thanks to Christopher Dixon.
A particularly rare one found by Ken Perkins: George
Emberton & Co.
Ravens Lane brick & tile Co Audley, Staffordshire
1884.
Hamlet Parker Embrey was a builder and contractor based at Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, in the 1890s and early 1900s. He is listed as a brick manufacturer at Springfields, a couple of miles west of Fenton, in the 1900 and 1904 editions of Kelly's trade directory. I suspect that Hamlet Embrey had bricks made with his name on by a manufacturer at
Springfields rather than actually running a brickworks there himself. Photo by Martyn Fretwell who found this broken paving brick at Cawarden Reclamation.
This small brickworks is shown on a 1900 O.S. map. Located on Ryedown Lane in the centre of Embley Wood just west of Romsey, Hampshire, this works may have been an estate brickworks belonging to Embley Park, the home of Florence Nightingale. Info & Photo taken at Bursledon Brick Museum by Martyn Fretwell.
Yes, that is seaweed you can see! Martyn Fretwell received this photo by Jan Fredriksson of Sweden. Jan writes that he had recently photographed this E & M brick on the seabed while diving on a shipwreck near Gothenburg, Sweden and he believes that the ship that carried the bricks as cargo was the steamship Beech (s/n 68972). The ship was built in it's hometown of Sunderland in 1878 and sunk on the 18th of October 1879 outside Gothenburg, while on a trip from Sunderland to Kronstadt (St Petersburg). Martyn Fretwell writes ;- The E & M mark was originally owned by Emerson & Milner, Blaydon Burn, County Durham, but their yard was taken over by William Cochrane-Carr around 1850. In 1858 William Cochrane-Carr opened the South Benwell Fire Brick Works (also known as the E & M yard) & production was transferred to this new yard. The Trade Mark name of E & M continued to be used by the South Benwell Fire Brick Company and as well as local use, E & M firebricks were exported to Mediterranean & North Sea Ports, America, India & China. The brickworks closed in 1934. With the steamship Beech sinking in 1879, it looks likely that the bricks found by Jan were made by Cochrane-Carr's company and not by the original owners.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
Photos by Chris Tilney.
Photo by Neal Barrass.
Photo by Jordon Tinniswood.
Photo by Mike Graham.
Frederick Emery, Westbury Brick Works, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. Kelly's Directory 1897. Photo by Mike Gregg.
Empire Brick Company. Veolia Waste are now on the site of the Empire Brickworks, Stubbers Green Road, Aldridge, Walsall. It is listed in the trade directories from 1896 to 1961. Info by Martyn Fretwell.
Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
Enderby Brick Co. Narborough, Leics. are listed in Kelly's from 1908 to 1932. Photos & Info by Martyn Fretwell.