Usworth Colliery, brickfield

HER Number:
8590

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Usworth Colliery, brickfield

Place:
Usworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Brickfield

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Brickfield 1861 Manufacturer in 1926-1966 was Usworth Bricks Ltd A new brickyard was established in 1926 at Usworth Colliery, when two Belgian continuous kilns were built and connected to a 130-feet high chimney. The brickworks closed in 1966, but from 1967-71 foam-slag cement blocks were made here.

Easting:
3137

Northing:
5821

Grid Reference:
NZ31375821

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 158, 159 site 20, 160