Brickfield north north west of Park Farm just within the parish of Inworth, north east of B1023 road between Inworth and Kelvedon.

Dates: By 1845 to c1908. <1>

Operators: William Siggers (1802-1871) and Henry Siggers (1812-1877) by 1845 to 1871.
William Turner Braddy, 1871 to c1890.
Alfred Buswell Youngman, c. mid 1890's.
Thomas Braddy, c. late 1890's to c1908.

Products: Bricks, tiles and drain pipes.

Further Information:
William Siggers (1802-1871) and Henry Siggers (1812-1877 were two of the sons of William Siggars, senior, (1773-1839). Another son was John Siggers (1804-1871). Henry Siggers was also a builder and carpenter and when he died on 9th November, 1877 left three sons; Henry a surveyor, Alfred a draper and Walter a builder. Walter Siggers continued as a builder and contractor for many years and became chairman of Kelvedon Gas Light and Coke Co. Limited. William Siggers, junior, was a malster as well as a brickmaker and died on 7th August 1871 leaving a son, Henry, who continued the trade as malster. The business of builder, joiners and malsters were all carried on in Kelvedon. It appears that the Siggers family interest in brickmaking came to an end with the death of William Siggers, junior, in 1871.

By 1872 William Turner Braddy was operating the brickworks and during the early 1870’s was trading as Braddy and Polley. Joseph Polley, junior was a plumber and glazier and later a seed grower. Their manager at the brickworks was a Mr. Loft and large quantities of pipes were made here apart from bricks and tiles. William Braddy was also a builder and bee hive maker as well as owning saw mills. He lived on the north west side of Kelvedon High Street and was also a seed grower with twenty acres employing three men and two boys. He employed three men and one boy in the brickworks and as a carpenter-cum-joiner employed four men and three boys. His son, Thomas, later continued the business of brick and pipe maker at Inworth, whilst another son, George, succeeded to the saw mills and became a builder, contractor, well sinker and undertaker at Kelvedon. George Braddy was also captain of the Kelvedon Fire Brigade which formed in 1887. Jabez Braddy was a cabinet maker and ironmonger and his business was continued by Mrs. Charlotte Braddy and later traded as Braddy and Co. As can be seen on the map this brickworks had the use of two outlying clay pits as well as those on site.

Site Assessment:
The site is now occupied by the appropriately named Brick Kiln Farm, Inworth which is immediately next to and south of the A12 dual carrriageway which passes over the Feering to Inworth Road. Some of the farm buildings which are a mixture of old and new buildings appear to be built on the foundations of the former brickworks buildings. The waste land around these buildings contain a large quantity of brick rubble consistent with a former brickworks. The farm buildings are now occupied by a firm of Civil Engineers. The prospect of archaeological remains below ground level is probably reasonably good. Desk bases assessment with intrusive works of the site of significant buildings/structures.

Refs: OS 25in. 1st Edn. 1875 (sheet 35.7).
Will of John Banham, ERO ref:
Essex Directories, 1828 to 1908.
Return of Owners of Land, 1873.
Micah Corder (1680-1766) and his descendants of Feering Bury, Essex by Francis Corder Clayton, 1885.
Census Returns, 1881.
Kelvedon and its Antiquities by B.L. Kentish, 1974.
Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights, Vol. 4, by Kenneth G. Farries, 1985.
Kelvedon and Feering 1881 and 1986 "A Contrast", by Lawrence Chopping, Basil Kentish and Malcolm Shearer,
Kelvedon W.E.A., 1986.