In 1809 the Culford Brickworks manager, Francis Wellham, was advertising bricks for sale in the Bury and Norwich Post. The New House, referred to in the advert, seems to have later been called Brick Kiln Cottage.

In 1810 tiles were bought for Timworth Poor House from the Culford Kiln.
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In 1823, when the estate was sold to Richard Benyon, the Brick Field and Brick kilns with Foreman's cottage were estimated at a value of £100 a year. There was a " good seam of gault clay". The new owner caused many new cottages to be built for the labourers in the five villages.

After 1843 coal replaced wood in firing Culford's kilns.

In 1876 the Bury to Thetford railway opened and the station at Ingham allowed a wider market to open for Culford Brick.

Brick making lasted from 6th April to 11th October with four brickmakers and at least two to five boys.

William Southgate came here in 1919. He had previously run the Lackford Brickworks, which closed down in 1919. (It seems that the Icklingham works has been called Lackford Brickworks in some places.)

In the 1934 sale of the Culford estate, the Brickworks and its 15 acres were sold for £650 to G Benjamin Bloom and Leonard Bloom of Ipswich. The kiln had capacity for 32,000 bricks, with 9 permanent men and three seasonal men.

In August 1935 the Blooms' new Brick and Tile Company installed a steam driven brick machine capable of 1,500,000 bricks a year.

The red brick clay lay near the surface, rich in iron oxides, but had to be washed to remove impurities.
White bricks came from using the gault clay which lay at deeper levels, but only needed watering before use.
The two kilns were burnt alternately, and both now burned coal. It took 7 to 10 tons of coal per burn over 48 hours, with another 4 days to cool the kiln down for emptying.

The War Office requisitioned the works in 1939, and because the kilns were open topped, production ceased.

In 1945 the brickworks was sold to Mr Clark, a builder, but production only lasted two more years.

With the Dissolution of the Monasteries, all estates passed from the Abbey of St Edmund to the Crown, who sold lands off piecemeal. Sir Nicholas Bacon began to build the estate after buying Ingham Manor in 1540. He soon acquired Culford and when he died passed all his holdings to his son, Sir Nicholas Bacon. By marriage to Lady Jane Cornwallis, the estates later passed to her son, Sir Frederick Cornwallis.

The Cornwallis family held Culford, Timworth and Ingham until 1823. West Stow and Wordwell were added over the years.

In 1823 the Culford Estate was sold to Richard Benyon, and it stayed with the Benyon family until 1889 when it was sold to the 5th Earl Cadogan.

In 1934 the estate was broken up and sold off parcel by parcel.

In 1901 Henry Warren was recorded living in Brick Kiln Cottage, and mostly the brickworks foremen lived there.

• 1789..........Bricks and mathematical tiles first recorded
• 1841 to ???? William Welham
• 1851 to ???? George Welham
• 1846 to 1855 Joseph Naylor
• 1855 to 1871 Henry Whittaker
• 1871 to 1919 Henry Warren
• 1919 to 1930 William Southgate
• 1930 to 1932 Mr Balaam
• 1932 to 1934 Frank Watson
• 1934 to 1939 Frank Watson for G & L Bloom's new Culford Brick and Tile Company
• 1939 to 1945.......Works closed down
• 1945 to 1947 Frank Watson for new owner Mr Clark
• 1947..............Works closed permanently

The site is today known as Brickfield Farm, Culford. One occupier is M W Nice Ltd, Trade fencing supplies.