AH James Brick, Greenmeadow Way, St Dial's, Cwmbran 13 August 2024
An AH James brick by the front gate of a house at the bottom of Greenmeadow Way. The reverse will almost certainly be marked "POИTИEWYDD" (Pontnewydd - reversed letters were common in 19th Century die sinking) - see comment below.
This brick will have no connection with this spot.
Nothing is known about the company, it appearing to be absent from trade directories, but interestingly, another brick company - see “C DAVIES & CO" has the same pattern frog, and the same “Pontnewydd” with the first N reversed. This suggests that one took over the other, keeping the same die for the reverse stamp. An AH James brick was found used in a house believed to have been built in Cwmbran in the late 19th century. Which might have come first, Davies or James is unknown, but the former are more frequently encountered, the latter being something of a rarity.
AH James Brick, Greenmeadow Way, St Dial's, Cwmbran 13 August 2024
An AH James brick by the front gate of a house at the bottom of Greenmeadow Way. The reverse will almost certainly be marked "POИTИEWYDD" (Pontnewydd - reversed letters were common in 19th Century die sinking) - see comment below.
This brick will have no connection with this spot.
Nothing is known about the company, it appearing to be absent from trade directories, but interestingly, another brick company - see “C DAVIES & CO" has the same pattern frog, and the same “Pontnewydd” with the first N reversed. This suggests that one took over the other, keeping the same die for the reverse stamp. An AH James brick was found used in a house believed to have been built in Cwmbran in the late 19th century. Which might have come first, Davies or James is unknown, but the former are more frequently encountered, the latter being something of a rarity.