Brick/Tile Works 300m SW of Abbey Hall Fm

Description of this historic site

The site of a brickworks and tile works that was in use during the Imperial period. They are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905. They were situated 1km north east of Bretford.

Notes about this historic site

1 There are extensive lime, brick and tile works in Kings Newnham. Thos. Walton is listed as a brick, tile and pipe manufacturer.
2 Brickworks marked.
3 The site shows signs of working and a level platform has been excavated into the slight hillside. There is a cottage on the site which is evidently part of the original brickworks and appears to be little altered.

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