"Old Bricks - history at your feet"

English bricks - page 9e, Letter: G

Grampound Road to Great Western Railway

Grampound Road

All made at Grampound Road Brick & Tile Co 2 SW916512 & SW920514. Photos by David Kitching, part of the collection at Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum.

Photos by Ian Williams.

Grane

Made in Haslingden, Lancashire by the Grane Brick & Terracota Works. Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.

Photo by David Kitching.

Photo by Frank Lawson.

Photo by Ian McLennan.

The Grange

James Storar's Brick Works, Grange Farm, Jarrow is mentioned in 1886. Found at Hebburn. Photo by Steven Tait.

Graves

Henry Graves, Gillhead Brickworks, Flimby, Cumbria. In 1867 a colliery was sunk at Gill Head, Flimby by Messrs Lucock & Carlton to produce coal, fireclay and gannister. The Whitehaven News for 18th January 1872 carries an advert "Gillhead Colliery and Brickworks for sale, apply Mrs. Lucock, Broughton Moor". Again, in January 1876, "FOR SALE by private treaty; Gillhead Colliery and Brickworks near Flimby, in use by representatives of the late Mr. Joseph Lucock". In 1878 a partnership between Mary Lucock and Henry Graves, as Coal Owners and Brick and Tile Manufacturers, at Gill Head, in the parish of Flimby, was dissolved with Henry Graves continuing the business in his own name. The business became the Gillhead Coal & Firebrick Co. in 1897. Photo and info by David Kitching.

The History and Directory of West Cumberland for 1883 lists Richard Graves, colliery proprietor and firebrick manufacturer, Gillhead. Images and info from Richard Comish.

Gray & Son, Cambridge

Operating around 1875 Gray & Son's works was on Newmarket Road, Cambridge. Info and photo by Martyn Fretwell.

Grays Chalk Quarries, Grays, Essex

Grays Chalk & Quarries Co. Limited, Grays, Essex are listed as brickmakers in Kellys 1874 to 1910 editions. Photo & Info by Martyn Fretwell.

Great Fire

Great Fire is one of a collection of 50 British fire bricks found in the St Petersburg area by Vladimir N Smirnov. His British collection may be viewed here, the text is in Russian.

Great Western Pottery

Photo by Alan Bevan.

Great Western Pottery (Candy & Co Limited) (Edwd Birkbeck, manager), Chudleigh Road, Newton Abbot. Kelly's Devon Directory, 1889. This business operated from 1850 to 1998. More information here. Photo by Maryann Soper.