Monument record 0430800000 - N SIDE, BUSHMEAD ROAD

Summary

Nineteenth century brick and tile-works and lime kiln recorded in field survey and on historical documents

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Type and Period (3)

  • TILE WORKS (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • LIME KILN (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • BRICKWORKS (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Small yard with 1 updraught kiln with c.7 fire holes. Also 1 lime kiln. Made bricks & tiles & burnt lime. By 1920s tile production stopped. c.50,000 bricks produced p/a in 1920s - high quality facing bricks. Works closed in 1920s. Only remains are shed, foundations of lime kiln & water filled clay pit (B4).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p772.
  • <2>SBC10249 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1880. OS 1880 1:2500 1ST EDITION MAP. 1:2,500.
  • <3>SBC11880 Bibliographic reference: PIGOT & CO'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS 1830/KELLY'S DIREC TORIES OF BUCKS 1864,1883-1895,1899-1903,1907,191.
  • <4>SBC141 Bibliographic reference: ADAMS ARTHUR (WORKED AT YARD IN 1920'S) TO R J EWLES & A R PIKE JUNE 1980.
  • <5>SBC11847 Photograph: PHOTO IN POSSESSION OF MRS JOYCE DURLEY (COPY IN BCM PHOTO COLLECTION)..
  • <6>SBC20218 Unpublished document: CMAG. 1980(?)-2001. Mineral Extraction Sites in Buckinghamshire. D0042.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8063 2042 (110m by 110m)
Civil Parish WHITCHURCH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13477)

Record last edited

Oct 19 2024 12:27PM

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