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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 SW 206 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Brickworks, Faversham |
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Summary
Large scale brick earth extraction took place in this area between around 1860 and around 1916. Two companies, Cremers and Horsfords, were operating in the area, with their own washbacks and manufacturing set-ups. Horsfords was linked to wharves on the upper (southerly) part of Oare Creek.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0083 6235 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06SW |
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| Parish: | FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BRICKWORKS (Post Medieval to Modern - 1860 AD? to 1916 AD?)
Full description
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Brickworks shown on O.S. 6" 2nd ed. map, sheet 34 NW (1897). (1)
Part of the brickworks was owned by Cremers and was active from the mid nineteenth century to around 1912. (2)
Another brickfield in this complex was known as Horsford's Field, starting up around 1870 and closing down around 1916. This was a large scale operation with washbacks, sheds and an engine house. A tunnel under the road in the 1890s linked the site to new extraction areas in Bysing Wood. Horsfords was linked to wharves on Oare Creek (3)
<1> N/A, Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey, KCC 151 (Chart). SKE6452.
<2> Percival, Arthur, 2005, Industrial impacts in the Faversham Area (Unpublished document). SKE13083.
<3> S.J. Twist, 1982, Stock Bricks of Swale (Bibliographic reference). SKE13084.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Chart: N/A. Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey. KCC 151. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Percival, Arthur. 2005. Industrial impacts in the Faversham Area. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: S.J. Twist. 1982. Stock Bricks of Swale. |
