Acme tiles were manufactured by G H Downing & Co Ltd at their various works in North Staffordshire. The Robur tiles were made at the Brownhills Works in Tunstall. Photos by David Kitching.
Photo by Phil Burgoyne.
Photos by Ian Suddaby.
Diamond Clay Co Ltd, Hartshill Tileries, Stoke-on-Trent. Tile manufacture here ended c1958 when the business seems to have transitioned to supplying kiln furniture to the pottery industry. Photo by Gordon Howle.
Dreadnought tiles are made by Hinton Perry & Davenhill Ltd., Dreadnought Works, Dreadnought Road, Pensnett, Brierley Hill, a site that has been in continuous production since 1805. The business is associated with Ketley Brick Ltd. which produces brick at the same site. The numbers on the tiles are the angle of the curve of the tile in degrees.
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.
The star stamp indicates that this is a product of the Star Works, Knowl Hill, between Twyford and Maidenhead, formerly owned by H F Warner and Company. Photo by Phil Burgoyne.
In 1876 the business was listed as George Warburton Lewis, Rosemary Hill, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall. Later it bexame G W Lewis Tileries Ltd., Rosemary Brick & Tile Works & Walkmill Tileries, Cannock, Staffs. This was followed by Rosemary Brick and Tile Co Ltd. of Rosemary, Coppice Lane, Cannock, Staffordshire. Manufacturers of clay products (bricks and roofing tiles). In 1984 Redland acquired the company. Photo by David Kitching.
Photo by Ian Suddaby.
Photo by Ian Suddaby.
George Tucker & Son, Park Road, Loughborough, Leics. Photo by Phil Burgoyne.