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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 96 SW 241 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Smeed Dean's Upper Field brickworks |
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Summary
Brick works operated by George Smeed.
Grid Reference: | TQ 91672 64125 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ96SW |
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Parish: | SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BRICKWORKS (Post Medieval to Modern - 1850 AD? to 1960 AD?)
Full description
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Site of brick works opened by George Smeed for the production of stock bricks. These were hand moulded with brick earth from wash backs and clamp burnt. Brick moulding machinery was introduced between 1911 and 1921, but clamp burning continued.
Marked on editions 1 to 4 O.S. maps. Mentioned in R. Perks, "George Bargebrick"
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13236.
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13236.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | --- | Verbal communication: Jim Preston Personal Communication. |