old frechevillian's brick collection
Ellistown (reverse - E) - Found Sheffield, South Yorks. 2016
Ellistown Brick & Pipe Co., Ellistown, Coalville, Leics.
Ellistown colliery and brickworks were established by Joseph Joel Ellis in the mid 1870s. Joseph had previously owned the Nailstone Colliery Co.
In 1897 Joseph died, the colliery, brickworks and estate being carried on by trustees under Orders of the Court of Chancery until 1936 when the colliery and brickworks were separated into two separate companies. Ellistown Brick and Pipe Company closed before the Second World War.
Ellistown Pipe Works was taken over by Hepworth Iron and Steel Co. in the 1960’s and was operated as a Clay Pipe manufacturing unit 1986. The unit was then redeveloped by Hepworth Building
Products and reopened as a brick plant in 1988, the factory and associated stock ground covers 9 acres.
The Ellistown Brick Factory was sold to Ibstock Brick in September 1999 and operated as an extruded brick unit. The manufacturing process was changed to soft mud with the ability to change back to
produce wirecut extruded brick in spring 2002. To produce soft mud brick the unit uses local raw materials to produce up to 55 million bricks per year.
Ellistown (reverse - E) - Found Sheffield, South Yorks. 2016
Ellistown Brick & Pipe Co., Ellistown, Coalville, Leics.
Ellistown colliery and brickworks were established by Joseph Joel Ellis in the mid 1870s. Joseph had previously owned the Nailstone Colliery Co.
In 1897 Joseph died, the colliery, brickworks and estate being carried on by trustees under Orders of the Court of Chancery until 1936 when the colliery and brickworks were separated into two separate companies. Ellistown Brick and Pipe Company closed before the Second World War.
Ellistown Pipe Works was taken over by Hepworth Iron and Steel Co. in the 1960’s and was operated as a Clay Pipe manufacturing unit 1986. The unit was then redeveloped by Hepworth Building
Products and reopened as a brick plant in 1988, the factory and associated stock ground covers 9 acres.
The Ellistown Brick Factory was sold to Ibstock Brick in September 1999 and operated as an extruded brick unit. The manufacturing process was changed to soft mud with the ability to change back to
produce wirecut extruded brick in spring 2002. To produce soft mud brick the unit uses local raw materials to produce up to 55 million bricks per year.