John Foster is recorded as a firebrick manufacturer at Felling Shore, Gateshead 1858-68.
Found at Meltham, W.Yorks. This is a product of John Foster, Woodhouse, Normanton, West Yorks. Kelly's West Riding Directory 1881. Photo by Frank Lawson. info by Lewis Jodrell who has found a number of examples in the Normanton area.
Henry Foster, Todhills Brickworks, Bishop Auckland, Co.
Durham. Established in the mid-1930's, on the site of the
former railway station, the firm of Henry Foster at Todhills near
Bishop Auckland continued in production until 1979, from which date
the business has passed through a succession of ownerships, today
being part of the Wienerberger Group. Info by Arthur
Brickman, photo by Chris Tilney.
Photo by Chris Tilney.
Photo by Anthony E Gray.
Photo by Tony Gray.
William Foster, Stoneygate & Pelaw, Felling, Co. Durham. Fosters brickworks were at Stoneygate and Pelaw. Foster was in the right place at the right time when he landed a contract to make bricks for the massive building programme of the Co-operative Wholesale Society at Pelaw. The business was liquidated in 1941. Photos by Frank Lawson.
Photos by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection. Found in Bessacar near Doncaster. Phillip Rothery adds: This is made by Fountain & Burnley, Mapplewell Brickworks, Darton near Barnsley. This site is listed in trade directories between 1904 and 1927. The company also owned the nearby North Gawber colliery 1882 - 1947 and Woolley Colliery 1910 - 1947.
At least four generations of the Fowell family ran the brickworks at Gnosall Heath and then adjacent to the Shropshire Union Canal at Cowley in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Richard Fowell Senior and his son Richard were in charge in the 1850s and by the 1880s had been succeeded by Richard junior's son Henry Fowell who was in turn succeeded by his son Henry Richard by 1901 and still there in 1911. The Cowley works seems to have closed soon after 1921. Photo by David Kitching.
Photo by Graham Symons.
Photo courtesy of Gnosall Heritage Group.
It is most likely that this brick was made by/for George and Thomas Fox who were involved in a range of businesses in Bridlington including Albert Town, Yorkshire, (Limited.) which was set up in 1866 to develop a large area along the sea front at Bridlington.In 1886-1867 George Fox acted as broker for the £20,000 share issue. The prospectus included making and sale of bricks. Photo by Carla van Beveren who found the brick at Wetwang.
Found near Tow Law in Durham by Chris Tilney.
Photo by Steven Tait.
Photo by Liz Robinson.
There's an entry in the 1885 Wigan Directory listing him as a builder, contractor and licensed victualler at the Royal Hotel, 250 Castle Hill Road, Hindley. Info by Alan Davies, photo by Malcolm Brown.
Photo by Frank Hilton.
Thought to be John Frank & Sons, Barton upon Humber, Lincs. Found by Frank Lawson in Pocklington.
Photo by Jim Stevens.
Photo by Phil Burgoyne.
Frenchay Brickworks, Bristol.
Photo by Neil Bannell.
Freshfield Lane Brickworks at Danehill, Sussex, was established over one hundred years ago and is now part of Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC. Photo and info by Martyn Fretwell. Also see entry for Michelmersh Brick Co. Many Thanks to Richard Symonds for the early history. - The brickworks was started in 1899 on the west side of Freshfield Lane in the Parish of Horsted Keynes In 1907, brothers John & Alfred Setford, were recorded as brickmakers at the works. From 1927 onwards the company traded as Freshfield Lane Brickworks and was owned by the Hardy Family. They produce sand-faced, clamp-fired stocks and were still in production in 1993. Reference Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society Gazeteer.
Photo by Guy Morgan.
Photo by Mark Wigmore.