N.C.B Ackton Hall
Photo by Simon Patterson
Ackton Hall Colliery was near Featherstone in West Yorkshire and closed in 1984.
notice how in this example the 'N' in Ackton Hall is reversed.
Photo by Alan Murray-Rust.
The brickworks was located at South Featherstone, Castleford. It was a good example of a colliery brickworks. The Bradford textile magnate Samuel Cunliffe Lister owned the Ackton Hall Estate between 1873 and his death in 1906. On September 7th 1893 the Ackton Hall colliery was the site of a notorious industrial dispute during which the South Staffs Regiment under a Captain Barker opened fire, and two men were killed. Thanks to Derek Barker for the information.
N.C.B. Annesley
Annesley Colliery was first sunk in 1865 and it closed in 1999. When it closed it was the oldest working colliery in Nottinghamshire.
Thanks to Simon Patterson for the two photos above.
N.C.B. Bearpark
N.C.B. Boldon
N.C.B. Brandon
N.C.B. Gadbury
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
N.C.B. Hednesford
A history of the brickworks may be read on this website
N.C.B. Hickleton
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
N.C.B. Hilton Main
Hilton Main Colliery was in Wolverhampton and operated from 1919 to 1969, thanks to Ian C for the photo.
N.C.B Kirkby
The colliery was at Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire and closed in 1968.
N.C.B. Lambton
N.C.B. Mitford
N.C.B Sherwood
Thanks to Simon Patterson for the photos
Photo supplied by A.K.A. Demik.
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
N.C.B. Stephenson
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
N.C.B. Upton
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
N.C.B. Watnall
Watnall colliery was in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire and closed in 1950.
N.C.B. WL
A bit of a mystery - found in North East, Derbyshire. Thanks to Simon Patterson for the photo
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
N.C.B.Welbeck
Five quite different bricks made at Welbeck colliery near Meden Vale, Nottinghamshire
Thanks to Simon Patterson for the photos
N.C.B. Wylam
N. Hetton
N.E. Brick & Tile
N-H Plate
A Neill
Archibald Neill (1825-1874) was born in Musselburgh and came to Bradford as a young man to work with his brother Robert, a contractor of Manchester. Neill remained in Bradford and rose to become the head of the most important building firm in the mid-19th century City. He employed 1000 men and had his own quarries (Oak Bank, Wrose Hill ashlar quarry) and sawmills. He finally concentrated most of his efforts at Field Head, Listershills, Bradford which was a very large site indeed. The only brick-mark I know of is [A.NEILL]. It is possible that Neill's brickworks was not at Field Head since a press report describes the death by burning of an employee at 'Neill' s brickworks' at Batley Carr (between Batley and Dewsbury). Neill was was universally respected but died young of a chronic stomach ailment and was buried at Bradford's famous Undercliffe Cemetery. Thanks to Derek Barker for the photo and information.
New Century, Darwen
Photo by David Kitching
Brian O found this one on the Dee estuary foreshore.
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
New Haden, Cheadle
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
New Monckton Collieries
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Nelson
Nelson is an industrial town in Lancashire. Photos by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Newhey
Newhey is a suburb of Rochdale and its brick and terracotta works opened in 1899 and closed in the 1930's.
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
Newburn
Newburn is a small town on the river Tyne to the west of Newcastle. The brickworks was part of the North Wallbottle and Blutcher Colliery Company and had its own tram/railway system from the pit to the brickworks and on to the staiths at Lemmington-on-Tyne. The brickworks was in existance from the 1850s to 1965. The buildings were demolished in 1979 and the site is currently a council recycling plant. The sister plant, Throckley Brick Works (originally owned by the same company and on the same tramway) is still in existance and is owned by IBSTOCK although it has been modernised. Newburn bricks were mainly used for industrial building work including sewers, tunnels and arches. Thanks to Mick Lynch for the photo and information.
Newton Cap
Newton Chambers
Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
No. Shields
Normanby
A brickworks located close to Nunthorpe, South of Middlesbrough. Found at South Gare, near Redcar, August 2008 by Alex Betteney.
Normanton Brick Co.
Normanton is a town near Wakefield in West Yorkshire and the brickworks is still in business today.
Found in a garden in Leeds, photo by Steve Kind
Nostell
Nostell is a village near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Photo by courtesy of the Frank Lawson collection.
North Bitchburn
North Staffordshire Brick and Tile Co.
The North Staffordshire Brick & Tile Co. Ltd. had an extensive works at Chesterton,
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. VITROS seems to have been a trade brand which the
company used for a number of its products. The photo above is a Staffordshire
Blue brick, so coloured by regulating oxygen levels within the kiln during firing.
This example is a VITROS smooth red 1½ inch thick paviour/ coping brick.
Thanks to Tim Lawton for the above information.
Northcot
Still in business today in Moreton in Marsh, Gloucs.
Northern
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