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Dennis Ruabon brick works The most famous of the industrialists in Wrexham in the late 19th Century was Henry Dennis, who founded the company in 1878 that would later become Dennis Ruabon Tiles Ltd. Dennis, born in Bodmin, Cornwall, studied civil engineering and travelled to Wales to...

Discovering the Ibstock Brick Works Nestled in the quiet outskirts of West Hoathly, the Ibstock Brick Works stands as a haunting monument to Sussex's industrial past. As I walked through the sprawling, vacant shells of buildings, I was struck by the raw beauty and eerie silence that now pervade...

History The London Brick Company's Stewartby works were once the largest brickworks in the world. The company, initially formed in 1889 in Fletton, expanded into Bedfordshire, with Stewartby becoming its main production and administrative base. The London Brick Company effectively created the...

History @Sewage_waste did an excellent write-up, I won’t repeat it here but instead implore you to visit their post and give it a read (and admire the photos that inspired me!) The Explore There are two sites to the Brickworks, bisected by the trainline - the East side faces next to the...

History: The works first opened as the "Campbell Brickworks" in the 1930s on the site of the former Campbell Colliery, it was first operated by the "Staveley Coal and Iron Company". It was sold twice in the 1970s and 1980s, before closing down in 1989 and then reopening in 1993 under the Phoenix...

History Foundation and Growth The London Brick Company was established in 1889 during Britain's Industrial Revolution by John Cathles Hill, a developer-architect based in Fletton, Huntingdonshire. Hill's identified the extensive Oxford Clay deposits across Bedfordshire as a prime resource for...

We visited this huge former ceramic/ brick factory in Montijo near Lisbon. I’m unable to find any history on the specific site, but the original company Cermon was founded in 1978, and it looks like it was overtaken by another company Cerâmica do Liz before the site was abandoned sometime in the...

The History The London Brick Company, established in 1900, is renowned for its significant role in the British brickmaking industry. In Stewartby, Bedfordshire, the company found its most notable base of operations. Stewartby itself was named after the Stewart family, who were prominent figures...

Background: The London Brick Company began in the late 1800s in response to industrialization and the need for construction materials. Although named the London Brick Company, it was located in Bedfordshire due to the abundance of clay. The town of Stewartby was largely developed to provide...

Bryn and Cwmavon Brick Works Co. The earliest reference to this brickworks I can find is the 1906 Kelly's Directory and it appears in subsequent issues until the mid 1920s. A Grade II listed building, their website mentions that Bryn Brickworks was constructed after 1894 and continued production...

Blickling Hall is large country estate and hall on a grand scale. The estate and house is managed by the national trust. These large estates had set ups to be self efficient and this one is no exception. You can still find remains of some old stuff as the trust can’t restore everything. They...

Finally got around to visiting here for the first time earlier in the year on an Urbex trip to North Wales. Didn't do much research prior to the explore, so I went only expecting the remains of a brickworks, I didn't realise the site has been used by various industries over it's life. The...

1. The History The site of the former brickworks lies just north of Scalford in Leicestershire, next to a bridge on the minerals rail line (a.k.a. the ironworks line). Lion Brickworks opened in 1875 with the nearby railway line providing links to the local quarries. A row of six cottages to the...

Introduction As it was a nice day me and a friend decided to take a look at an old Pipe and Brickworks site near the Suffolk Coast. We've had this pinned on the map for a while and decided to give it a go. It was a good explore and I haven't constructed a report for a while so I have decided to...