Industrial record MCC5278 - Site of Serpentine Walk Brickworks

Summary

Later C19 Brickworks

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Grid reference Centred TL 9944 2620 (264m by 191m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Situated N side of Serpentine Walk, Off N Station Rd.
Operated by :Henry Money
Products: Bricks
3 updraught kilns comprising one single and one pair of kilns and 2 clay pits. The pair of kilns were still extant in 1923 (OS map) althoug the works had long since closed.

ASSESSMENT
The site remains undeveloped and may retain important below ground remains, warranting further investigation <1>

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  • --- DESC TEXT: Kellys Directories. 1898. Kellys Directory.
  • <1> DESC TEXT: Corder-Birch, A. 1997. Survey of Brickworks in Essex.

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Record last edited

Jan 10 2018 4:47PM

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