G.H. Downing workers, Audley Road, Chesterton
Workers at G.H. Downing's brick and tile works on Audley Road, Chesterton. Standing in the kiln doorway 5th from left is the gang leader James Hall.
The company was founded by James Downing in the ...
G.H. Downing workers, Audley Road, Chesterton
Workers at G.H. Downing's brick and tile works on Audley Road, Chesterton. Seated on the left hand side with her arm around a man's shoulder is Annie Jones (later Hall, born 1903).
The company was ...
General view of the Alvecote Works
General view of the Alvecote Works, which were called Tamworth Colliery up until 1948. Coventry Canal and Tamworth Colliery Brickworks can also be seen. This photograph was taken from the drying shed ...
Gypsum Works Buildings, Stowe-by-Chartley,
Gypsum is a source of plaster of Paris and was mined at the Normanwood Gypsum Mine at Hixon. The shaft was near Stowe. Gypsum was sent from Normanwood to London to make castings, particularly for dentists. ...
Hand moulding bricks, Hawkins Tiles, Cannock
Hand moulding special bricks at Hawkins Tiles (Cannock) Ltd., Longhouse Works, Cannock.
Manufacturing of tiles on Watling Street had started by 1868. The following year Joseph Hawkins took on the ...
Hawkins Tiles, Cannock
Coal fired kiln at Hawkins Tiles (Cannock) Ltd., Longhouse Works, Cannock.
Manufacturing of tiles on Watling Street had started by 1868. The following year Joseph Hawkins took on the lease of Hawkins ...
Hawkins Tiles, Cannock
Chimneys at Hawkins Tiles (Cannock) Ltd., Longhouse Works, Cannock.
Manufacturing of tiles on Watling Street had started by 1868. The following year Joseph Hawkins took on the lease of Hawkins Colliery ...
Hawkins Tiles, Cannock
Hand moulding valley tiles at Hawkins Tiles (Cannock) Ltd., Longhouse Works, Cannock.
Manufacturing of tiles on Watling Street had started by 1868. The following year Joseph Hawkins took on the lease ...
Hazlestrine Brickworks, Stafford
The brickworks at Hazlestrine opened in the mid 19th century, exploiting clay in Keuper Marl beds. It was served by an arm of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. By 1884-5 the proprietor was ...
Head Stock with Winder Gear, Gypsum Works, Stowe,
Gypsum is a source of plaster of Paris and was mined at the Normanwood Gypsum Mine at Hixon. The shaft was near Stowe. Gypsum was sent from Normanwood to London to make castings, particularly for dentists. ...
House on Clanway Lane, Tunstall
The house in the photograph stood on Clanway Lane, now Adams Avenue in Newfield, Tunstall. In the background are the workings of Clanway Brickworks, adjacent to Clanway Farm. They were part of the Berry ...
Howlett's Firecaly pit, Cobridge
In the foreground is Howlett's fireclay pit and behind the lower slopes of Hanley Deep Pit spoil tip. The Bassey Mine Coal seam outcrops in the fireclay pit and was being worked alongside the clay. The ...
J Hewitt Sons works, Fenton.
Joseph Hewitt & Co. operated the Fenton Low Brick and Marl work was alongside the Biddulph Valley and Leek branch of the old North Staffordshire Railway. The line opened in 1859 and was finally closed ...
Kiln Interior, Colwich Brickworks,
Loading Gantry, Gypsum Works, Stowe-by-Chartley,
Gypsum is a source of plaster of Paris and was mined at the Normanwood Gypsum Mine at Hixon. The shaft was near Stowe. Gypsum was sent from Normanwood to London to make castings, particularly for dentists. ...
Looking towards Burslem from the Ravensdale area
The camera is looking south east towards Burslem from west of the main railway line at the end of Ravensdale Lane. The water surface of Westport Lake is visible in the left centre with the towers of Talke ...
Looking towards the west from Little Chell Lane, Little Chell
The camera is pointing northwest from the top of Little Chell Lane. The buildings on the right are William Southerne Catholic Secondary School (now St Margaret Ward Academy) and the houses in the foreground ...
Marl pit at John Caddick's Spoutfield Brick and Tile Works, Stoke-on-Trent
This marl pit supplied clay for John Caddick's Spoutfield Brick and Tile Works on Brick Kiln Lane. Red brick clay in this area is called Etruria Marl and was extracted by opencast mining and the big holes ...