Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3413 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Bawsey Brickworks |
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Summary
This is the site of a post medieval brickworks that closed in 1942.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6803 1961 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NE |
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| Parish: | BAWSEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Bawsey Brickworks.
Old brickyard.
Closed down in 1942. One horse had operated the clay sled, mixer, and the well draw! Traces of a railway connection still visible
Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NAU).
June 1981. Visit.
Apparently now used as a woodyard, close inspection was not possible.
E. Rose (NAU) 17 June 1981.
September 2007. ALSF NHER Enhancement Sub-Unit D.
The brickworks were linked to the Leziate Quarry Tramway (NHER 13582).
M. Dennis (NLA) 20 September 2007.
Monument Types
- BRICKWORKS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Leziate. |
| <S1> | Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records. |
Related records
| 13582 | Related to: Route of Leziate Quarry Tramway (Monument) |
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