Tyne and Wear HER(8588): Washington Ironworks, Cook's Brickyard - Details
8588
Sunderland
Washington Ironworks, Cook's Brickyard
Washington
NZ35NW
Industrial
Brick and Tilemaking Site
Brickyard
Modern
C20
Documentary Evidence
Manufacturer in 1908 J Cook and Sons; 1908-1966. The Kellett family had a brickyard at the ironworks in 1950, at which time four new kilns were built, amking in all a total of ten Newcastle kilns at the yard. Wire-cut bricks were made here until the yard closed in 1966.
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Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 158, 159 site 14, 161