Carr's Yard, firebrick works
Carr's Yard, firebrick works
HER Number
4048
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Carr's Yard, firebrick works
Place
Lemington
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Fire Clay Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A Firebrick Works. The Site of Carr's Yard, which was producing fireclay goods from 1834-1894. Owned by William Ridley Carr, then Thomas Carr & Son, then Walter Scott LTD. Possible manufacturers in 1847-1855 was Blacklock & Hall (firebrick makers); 1861 was J Cliff & Sons (firebrick makers); 1883 was W H Allen (firebrick makers).
Easting
419270
Northing
564230
Grid Reference
NZ419270564230
Sources
<< HER 4048 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; P.J. Davidson, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, pp 68-9; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk