Presumably from somewhere in the Gloucester area. Photo by Frank Lawson.
The Hanford brickworks were in the occupation of Daniel Glover by 1832 and his widow Sarah was running it by 1842 and was still listed there in 1868. Her daughter Emily Shelley Glover then took over the business and subsequently married William Adams Peake. By 1872 he is listed in Kelly's directory as running the works in his name as the Hanford Tileries. Photo and info by David Kitching.
Frank Glover operated a brickworks behind Ryehill Farm in Miles Green, Audley, Staffordshire. He is recorded as a brick maker from 1865 until 1886 and is only listed in the trade directories between 1876 and 1884. The brickworks was on land owned by Daniel Booth. In 1881 Glover is recorded as a farmer of 14 acres and brick maker living at Queen Street which is just to the west of the brickworks. Photo by Ken Perkins.
Photo by John Dunford.
Godstone brickworks, Surrey. Photos by courtesy of the Richard Symonds collection.
The Goldendale Brick & Tile Co, Tunstall, is only listed in the 1904 Kelly's directory and the works had a short life. Information by David Kitching, photo by Ken Perkins.
Golden Vale Tileries at Chatterley, Stoke-on-Trent, was opened in 1934 by John Bentley, formerly manager at Keele Tileries. The works continued until the early 1970s. In 1979 the plant and remaining stock was sold off. This included tiles and drain pipes, hand made bricks, chimney pots, 9 kilns and heavy tile making plant. Photo by Ken Perkins.
In 1861 George Gomm was listed as Farmer & Brick Maker at Buckland Common, Aylesbury. He appears in Post Office directories 1864/5 again as farmer & brickmaker. The yard was owned by the Rothschilds. Photo and info by Nigel Furniss.
George Goodall is listed in Kelly's 1878 & 1883 editions as brickmaker at Anthony Road, Upper Saltley, Birmingham. Info by Martyn Fretwell, photo by Frank Lawson courtesy of the Chris Thorburn Collection.
Francis Harry Gordon opened his brickworks in the 1870s, on a site with a 30ft thick bed of clay, adjacent to the Daw End Canal just south-west of Clayhanger Bridge at Brownhills. The buildings included three drying sheds, the largest measuring 150ft x 30ft and had a cast iron plated floor. Nearby and on the other side of the canal was the Walsall Wood Colliery brickworks and price cutting by this works led to the demise of the Gordon business in 1896. Photo and information by David Kitching.
Found at Barlborough. Photos by Frank Lawson.
Courtesy of Barlborough Heritage Centre
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John Hall Gosling, Barlborough, Derbys. Post Office Derbyshire Directory 1855. He owned collieries in the Chesterfield and Barlborough areas in the mid 19th Century. In Kelly's 1891 Directory he appears to have been succeeded by Frederick Gosling who is listed as Brickmaker, Barlborough, Chesterfield. Photo by Martyn Fretwell.
The Gower Brick Works was situated alongside the Old Main Line of the Birmingham Canal just south-east of the junction with the Gower Branch. It first appears on the 1902 OS map and has disappeared by 1938. The Gower & Brades Brickworks, Oldbury are listed in the 3rd of November 1914 edition of the Edinburgh Gazette as being owned by George Wood & his two sons, Samuel & Harry when they are recorded as going bankrupt. Kelly’s 1876 edition lists the Wood Brothers at Tividale (Gower Brickworks), then George Wood opened the Brades Brickworks, Tividale as listed in Kelly’s 1884 edition. Kelly’s 1900 to 1912 editions list G. Wood & Sons at the Brades Brickworks, Oldbury. Photo and additional info by Martyn Fretwell.
Wiliam Gradwell was a major building contractor in Barrow-in-Furness. In 1855 he moved his business to Hindpool, Barrow, and set up a brickworks in Dalton Road capable of turning out 75,000 bricks a week. Photos and info by David Kitching.
Photo by Chris Graham.
Photo by Iain Henderson.
Photo by Phil Burgoyne.
J. Graham & Co., Blaydon Haugh, Gateshead, Co. Durham A business situated in close proximity to the more famous William Harriman at Blaydon Haugh, the firm of John Graham & Co. appears only once in local directories around 1875. The origins of the company therefore remain obscure, although William's niece would appear to have married a Graham, so maybe there is a connection through marriage? Information provided by "Scottish Brick History". Photos by Chris Tilney.
Photos by Steven Pinder.