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Quarry Tiles


Bentley Tileries

Lion Brand tile, Bentley Tileries Ltd, Bradwell Wood Tileries, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. The business traded between 1930's & 1966. Photo by Phil Burgoyne.


John Caddick & Son Ltd

John Caddick & Son Ltd., Spoutfield Tileries, Brick Kiln Lane, Hartshill, Stoke. Kelly's Staffordshire Directory 1888 - 1940. Originally operating as Wheatley and Caddick operating at the Spoutfield Tileries. The partnership was dissolved on 25th March 1886 when Samuel William Wheatley retired. The business was carried on by John Caddick on his own account. It was incorporated as private limited company 29th July 1909. John Caddick-Adams was the managing director of John Caddick & Son until its closure in the 1980's. Horseshoe was its trade mark. BCM refers to British Commercial Monomarks, a company formed in 1925 to provide manufacturers with a London address and mail forwarding service. Info by Frank Lawson, photo by Phil Burgoyne


Charles Davison & Co

Charles Davison's Ewloe Barn Brick and Tile Works and Old Ewloe works was bought in 1844 and was eventually merged with General Refractories Ltd, and then taken over by the firm of G. R. Stein Ltd. The site closed in 1979. Photo by Phil Burgoyne.


James Downing

James Downing, Crown Tileries, Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Photos by Phil Burgoyne.


Harpfield Tileries

Photo by Eugene Herrington.

Photo by Aron Bowers.

Harpfield Tileries in Newcastle-uder-Lyme was operated by William Anderson in the early 1870s and was absorbed into the adjacent works of the same name run by Daniel Platt in about 1882. Platt, with a variety of partners, continued to run the business until closure in the early 1920s.


Hartshill

1903 - 1937 Hartshill Brick and Tile Co Ltd, Stoke Old Rd, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, 1903 - 1937 . Photo by Phil Burgoyne.

Photo by David Kitching.


Metal

The Metallic Tileries (Rowley Bros) Ltd, Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1891 - 1970s. Photo by Phil Burgoyne.


Thomas Peake, Tunstall

Thomas Peake, The Tileries, Tunstall. Photo by Phil Burgoyne.


Daniel Platt, Tunstall

Daniel Platt & Sons specialised in tiles at their Brownhill Tileries in Tunstall. Photos by Phil Burgoyne.


Rowley

Photos by Phil Burgoyne.

Rowley Tileries Ltd had two works in Newcastle-under-Lyme at High Carr and Bradwell Hall.


Ruabon Brick & Terra Cotta Company Ltd

Photo by Phil Burgoyne.


Rufus

Rufus (Proctor Bros.) Brick & Tile Ltd, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. The brick yard opened by 1932 and was situated in the Bradwell Wood area near Parkhouse colliery (coal & clay). The yard also made roof and floor tiles and eventually closed in 1960. The clay (marl) in this area was dug out from the hillside of the woodland as opposed to the conventional method of extracting from marl holes. Thanks to Ken Perkins for the history. Photo by Phil Burgoyne.


Wheatly & Co

Photos by Phil Burgoyne.


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