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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 NW 112 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Brickworks, Nr Milton Creek, Sittingbourne |
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Summary
Brick field and later brickworks shown on the 1st four Ordnance Survey 6" maps. The site is now being redeveloped.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 92386 65082 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96NW |
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| Parish: | SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BRICKWORKS (Post Medieval to Modern - 1860 AD? to 1990 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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Brick field and later brickworks shown on the 1st four Ordnance Survey 6" maps. The site is now being redeveloped.(1)
Smeed Dean's Lower Field where London stock bricks were hand moulded and clamp fired until 1926. Bricks impressed with SD. Clay came from the adjacent clay pit. In 1926 the works were re-equipped with brick moulding machines, a dryer and a 560 feet tunnel kiln, and rebuilt wash backs. The tunnel kiln was used until 1979 when there was a reversion to clamp burning.
Mentioned in R Perks, "George Bargebrick" (2)
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13236.
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13236.
<1> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2003, An Archaeological Evaluation of Land at Plot H1 Eurolink III, Sittingbourne, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12434.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Verbal communication: Jim Preston Personal Communication. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2003. An Archaeological Evaluation of Land at Plot H1 Eurolink III, Sittingbourne, Kent. |
