Monument record 8416/3 - Midland Brick Quarries (Midland Brick Co.(Wellingborough) Ltd, Wellingborough Iron Co.Ltd)

{1} Brickworks, Finedon Road. Brickworks shown on 3rd edition OS map. The area has since been built over.

{2} Owners from 1910 Midland Brick Co.(Wellingborough)Ltd., and from 29th September 1937 Wellingborough Iron Co.Ltd., until closure in the early 1940's. This quarry was a redevelopement of an area worked in the 1880's and when the ironstone was recovered from the clay needed in the brick making it was sold on as a separate item. The quarry seems to have been used intermittently from 1901 to 1925. In 1924 the quarry was known to be hand operated some ore going to the Wellingborough furnaces and some to Middlesborough. In 1937 an area of two and a half acres of unworked stone were leased to the Iron Co. and working commenced in 1940 but the stone was found to be poor quality and not worth extracting, as a result the quarry was closed.

<1> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Wellingborough (Industrial), (checked) (Digital archive). SNN100290.

<2> Tonks E., 1990, The Ironstone Quarries of The Midlands (History, Operation and Railways): The Wellingborough Area, p.73-74 (unchecked) (Book). SNN45742.

<3> Chapman P., 2004, Desk-Based Assessment for Land East of Eastfield Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Report). SNN104811.

Record last edited

Sep 5 2007 11:18AM