Lemington, Bell's Close, Carr's Yard, Firebrick Works

HER Number:
4048

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Lemington, Bell's Close, Carr's Yard, Firebrick Works

Place:
Lemington

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Fire Clay Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
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).

Easting:
1927

Northing:
6423

Grid Reference:
NZ19276423

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4048 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97 P.J. Davidson, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, pp 68-9; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk