brickworks

Henry Dennis founded the Hafod Brickworks in 1878 to capitalise on the reserves of Etruria Marl Clay found in the Ruabon area. Such was the popularity of its products - bricks, ridge tiles, chimney pots and the famous Ruabon quarry tile – it became known as the ‘Red Factory’. Partial visit due...

Hammill brickworks closed in 2008 and is now a housing estate ... 

Brick production at the Clock House Brickworks dates back to 1933 when the Clock House Brick Company Ltd was founded to exploit a rich seam of Weald Clay that had been discovered.  By 1941 the original company entered into liquidation due to the war effort and the lack of need for the...

There has been a good few reports on Clockhouse Brickworks over the last couple years, however none since they put up the new fence and filled in a lot of the access points.  This didn't stop me and Brewtal however, as we ninja'd our way inside. That said, it was by far the hardest access I've...

Stewartby brickworks was home to the world’s biggest kiln and produced 18 million bricks at the height of production. BJ Forder & Son opened the first brickworks in Wootton Pillinge in 1897. Wootton Pillinge was renamed Stewartby in 1937 in recognition of the Stewart family who had been...

Nestled in Stewartby, Bedfordshire, around 51 miles from Central London is this former brick making factory. The factory was situated in the area as that was where the best clay was, and a huge communal workforce lived right next to the factory in purpose built homes. A bit of History here...

Finally got round to taking a look at my pictures from earlier this year.. The explore: Visited with K1N5M4N and ZombieFart on a freezing January morning after I managed to get the wrong meeting spot - of the two same road names on my satnav I managed to chose the wrong one! Anyway, after a...

Been very busy of late so not had a great deal of time to spend on Photography/UE but managed to get a quick trip down to Clockhouse Brickworks so thought I'd share a few shots of this place. It was great to get out again for a look around some old industry. The old workshops were definitely a...

This place has been done a few times lately, so I won't bore you with it's history. Great explore and great day out with Starlight, Baldrickthecunning, and two non members, Shaun and Gosia. Thanks for looking, hope you enjoyed

This was a nice way to kick off 2014 indeed, a return to my favourite industrial explore of last year this time with Landie Man and PCWOX in tow. Sad to see already the place is deteriorating more, I think all the storms took their toll on the roof as a lot more of the skylights are now broken...

Photo heavy!! Nestled in deepest darkest southern England lies this abandoned Brickworks, sitting dormant since 2009. I saw this pop up a couple of years back and it was absolutely spotless, however in the following two years it's got slightly more decayed (just how I like them) but...

Allen brickworks. Glazed brick manufacturers established by Henry Victor Allen (1887-1960), when he took over the Halifax Glazed Brickworks in 1905 in the Walterclough Valley. He converted the works to manufacture refractory bricks (glazed bricks able to withstand high temperatures, generally...

The site of the former Hepworth's refractory works was purchased by the house building company, Bovis Homes Group who intended to build 500 homes on the site in plans released in 2006. However the plans have met stiff opposition from the Loxley Valley Protection Society, the Loxley Valley Design...

we visited here numerous times around june 2013. no security, fences or anything pretty much allowed to walk about. theres not much history i can find about this place other than. it was a glazed brick manufacturers started by a henry victor allen in 1905 in the waterclough valley hipperholme...

Not gonna go into detail on this place, located just outside Eastry in Kent, closed down in 2008 and has been abandoned ever since. Visited with a friend, quite a relaxed wander around. Hope you enjoy!

First proper proper report visited at night with mrbeardo and badbatz History: The company who used this place was ‘Wilkinsons of Elland’, started by Samuel Wilkinson and his sons Fred and Arthur were managers. In 1983 the company was taken over by Butterly Bricks and the site closed in 1985...

Thanks to SpaceInvader for the shout on this! Visited with SpaceInvader,Urbanginger,Obscurity and Fortknox0 No dramas just a relaxed wander about Hammill Brick Ltd operated from a site at Hammill, near Eastry, for over 80 years until the downturn in the building industry forced their eventual...