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Eastgate Brickworks in Hollow Road
Eastgate Brickworks was first recorded in 1839 in the hands of those great Bury builders, Steggles and Company. By 1846 one John Redley, junior, was listed as the Brickmaker, until 1860. From 1860 to 1886 Alfred Andrews was producing bricks here.
Kelly's directory for 1860 has Alfred Andrews included as an English Timber Merchant, a Builder and Brick and Tile Maker of 58 St John’s Street, Bury St Edmunds, and is shown as occupying the Eastgate brickworks, and this continued until 1886.
Red bricks and the usual range of fittings together with pantiles and plain tiles were produced. |
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The bricks are marked ‘A.ANDREWS BURY’ in the frog. This sample was collected by Bill Blowers and is now at the Food Museum in Stowmarket.
Alfred Andrews also had a works at
Sicklesmere, to the south of Bury St Edmunds, producing red bricks and to identify them from the Bury production these were marked ‘A.A’ in the frog.
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Suffolk Heritage Explorer The Suffolk Heritage Explorer catalogues this site as "BSE 645, Eastgate Brickworks, Hollow Road. Brickworks operated by Steggle & Co 1839, John Ridley 1853. Formerly recorded as BSE MISC".
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This map from about 1885 shows the works in more detail. John Morgan Jones supplied this map at the Facebook page of the Suffolk Industrial Archaeology Society, with his comment that:- "The 50" map published the previous year shows part of the site in more detail. The circular feature near the sand pit appears to be a pugmill, with a circular track for the horse that turned it." Summary of the owners or managers
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British Brick Society newsletter "Information No 26", April 2014,
Facebook page of the Suffolk Industrial Archaeology Society - see link below:-
Archaeology Society on Facebook
Website - David Kitching's website - Brick Section
Website - Martyn Fretwell's blog on bricks etc
Page created on 17th August, 2023
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