Bricking It
 

I do a lot of walking in and around Coquetdale and I take a lot of photographs. One thing I`ve been doing lately is photographing old bricks. There were a lot of brick manufacturers right here in Northumberland, eg the works at Pegswood. The picture reproduced below was taken on a recent excursion along the Lorbottle Burn, near Rothbury. It eludes me. Does anyone know `Carr` I think - were they a local manufacturer? and if so, can anyone pin point the precise location of this company?

http://i35.tinypic.com/1t1xxv.jpg

I found an "H. Carr & Co." brick here in Amble. I never made any progress finding out who that outfit was, but I think it is likely the same company as yours?

2nd last picture on this page


Then we had a 'Carr' and a 'Radcliffe' brick turn up together in Scotland - the member of the Heritage group up there that found it sent us a picture:

see post #10 in this thread

From Fusileer Site! http://www.fusilier.co.uk/northumber...ufacturers.htm local brick makers. I remember as a bairn the Amble Kilns working, Stobswood went till 70S load of Amble girls worked there!

Could possibly be this one, Lemington (google map)

A Firebrick Works. The Site of Carr's Yard, which was producing fireclay goods
from 1834-1894. Owned by William Ridley Carr, then Thomas Carr & Son, then
Walter Scott Ltd. Possible manufacturers in 1847-1855 was Blacklock & Hall
(firebrick makers); 1861 was J Cliff & Sons (firebrick makers); 1883 was W H
Allen (firebrick makers); (Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North
East, 63.)

http://www.twsitelines.info/smr/4048



Not sure how my H.Carr & Co brick fits in with that?

Are there a lot of bricks there?

If you like bricks you will like this site. Some Carrs in there too.

http://www.penmorfa.com/bricks/england.html

Thank you Coquet,

I have since found a reference to a brick manufacturer, name of J. Carr at the Low Lights, North Shields - odd place to be making bricks I would have thought, down on the Quayside!

Amble brick yard was on quayside, not odd as fireclay is found alongside coal deposits , so would be transported on the rail lines from collieries to harbours. Bricks and fire clay were exported from Amble ! Clay came from Broomhill and Hauxley mines!

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