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Survey of London
… acres, which even as early as 1623, was the scene of the brickmaking industry and in the 18th century was part of the … property was not more valuable for building land than for brickmaking, and on 18th August, 1802, Thomas Harrison waited …
Survey of London
… page 108), and as the estate received a royalty from the brickmaking business, which was owned by Benjamin …
A History of the County of Essex
… along the Roding and a few windmills on higher ground. Brickmaking was carried on in many parishes in the London … Agriculture is still predominant outside the towns. Brickmaking continues in a few places but brewing has …
A History of the County of Oxford
… milling, coach-making (in spite of the new railway), and brickmaking. The railway introduced new employments: in the …
Survey of London
… the land to the north of Addison Avenue as in lease for brickmaking. We have already seen that in 1844 Charles … build, the unalluring conditions created by his previous brickmaking operations probably compelled him to cater for a …
Old and New London
… the well above mentioned by the aid of the treadwheel. Brickmaking is largely carried on by the prisoners in the …
Survey of London
… of London. 119 In 1861, when he was eighty years old, his brickmaking business was still flourishing and employed …