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Rougham Brick kilns
There seem to be at least two small kilns in and around Rougham working before about 1890. The Suffolk Heritage Explorer cites Monument Record RGH 027, Brick kiln and yard located at TL 924 624. This is attributed to Abraham and Michael Cocksedge in 1851.
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Another early brick kiln seems to have existed in Rougham in or near Brick Kiln plantation.
Graeme Perry reported:- "There is proof that an earlier brickworks existed in High Rougham in an area bounded by St Mary’s church, Kingshall Street, and Brick Kiln Farm, as a notice in the Ipswich Journal of 19 April 1788 mentions “A Sale of Red and White and Grey lumps at the Brick Kiln Rougham near the Church”. Close by is a wood called Brick Kiln Plantation. Bricks from this works were used to build Bradfield St George chapel, which was demolished in 1979. There were no identification marks on these bricks".
The census return for 1851 also lists Abraham Cocksedge and Michael Cocksedge, Brickmakers of Kings Hall Green, Rougham, which is within the area where the original works was situated. Whether they were working this kiln or the one quoted above, or both, is not currently known.
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Summary of the owners or managers
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British Brick Society newsletter "Information No 26", April 2014,
Website - David Kitching's website - Brick Section
Website - Martyn Fretwell's blog on bricks etc
Photos of bricks by Martyn Fretwell courtesy of Museum of East Anglian Life.
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