1 In Spernall village Esmond Dyes in 1662 occupied one cottage with a brick kiln and had an adjoining close called ‘claypitts’. This house was almost certainly ‘The Tyle House’ ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of brickworks of Post Medieval date. Some earthworks remain visible at the site, which is 100m north east of the cattle grid at Spernall.