Hamblet Brick, Newport Station, Devon Place, Monmouthshire 10 August 2015
A coping blue-black brick on the rear wall of Newport Station. This is the second date stamped Hamblet I have seen (Newbridge Station, 1900).
The Hamblet works in West Bromwich, was founded in 1851 when Joseph Hamblet acquired part of the Piercy estate at Ireland Green, becoming the largest brickworks in this area of West Bromwich. The firm specialised in blue bricks, but produced many other types as well. In 1898, four years after Hamblet's death, it became Hamblet's Blue Brick Co Ltd. The firm closed down in 1915 and the estate was sold off in 1919.
Hamblet Brick, Newport Station, Devon Place, Monmouthshire 10 August 2015
A coping blue-black brick on the rear wall of Newport Station. This is the second date stamped Hamblet I have seen (Newbridge Station, 1900).
The Hamblet works in West Bromwich, was founded in 1851 when Joseph Hamblet acquired part of the Piercy estate at Ireland Green, becoming the largest brickworks in this area of West Bromwich. The firm specialised in blue bricks, but produced many other types as well. In 1898, four years after Hamblet's death, it became Hamblet's Blue Brick Co Ltd. The firm closed down in 1915 and the estate was sold off in 1919.