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Nottingham Patent Brick Company Limited - Found Nottingham 2019
Nottingham Patent Brick Company Limited, Mapperley Hills, Thorneywood Lane & Arnold, Nottingham.
Wright's Nottingham Directory 1910
The Nottingham Patent Brick Co. was formed by two Nottingham brickmakers Edward Gripper & William Burgass in 1867, they were later joined in 1881 by Robert Mellors. This company is recorded in Kelly's from 1876 with works at Carlton & Mapperley and with entries for Thorneywood Lane, Woodborough Road, Mapperley Hill, Burgass Road & Arnold all being listed in later editions. In 1969 production at Mapperley & Carlton Hill ceased only leaving Dorket Head at Arnold. In 1976 the company dropped Patent from its name & then in 1987 the Dorket Head Works was acquired by the Marley Brick Co. The works changed hands again in 1993 becoming part of the Tarmac Group. In 1996 it was acquired by the present owners of the works, Ibstock. The Company is most famously known for producing the millions of bricks required in the building of St. Pancras Railway Station & Hotel in the 1860's. Info. courtesy of Martyn Fretwell.
Photo courtesy of Nottingham City Museums & Galleries.
Nottingham Patent Brick Company Limited - Found Nottingham 2019
Nottingham Patent Brick Company Limited, Mapperley Hills, Thorneywood Lane & Arnold, Nottingham.
Wright's Nottingham Directory 1910
The Nottingham Patent Brick Co. was formed by two Nottingham brickmakers Edward Gripper & William Burgass in 1867, they were later joined in 1881 by Robert Mellors. This company is recorded in Kelly's from 1876 with works at Carlton & Mapperley and with entries for Thorneywood Lane, Woodborough Road, Mapperley Hill, Burgass Road & Arnold all being listed in later editions. In 1969 production at Mapperley & Carlton Hill ceased only leaving Dorket Head at Arnold. In 1976 the company dropped Patent from its name & then in 1987 the Dorket Head Works was acquired by the Marley Brick Co. The works changed hands again in 1993 becoming part of the Tarmac Group. In 1996 it was acquired by the present owners of the works, Ibstock. The Company is most famously known for producing the millions of bricks required in the building of St. Pancras Railway Station & Hotel in the 1860's. Info. courtesy of Martyn Fretwell.
Photo courtesy of Nottingham City Museums & Galleries.