South Buckley Co

The South Buckley Coal & Firebrick Co was registered in February 1866 to open and operate a colliery and brickworks on land to the west of Buckley. It appears that the colliery was the first business to be developed and the brickworks did not commence operations until the 1870s. Financial problems followed and the works passed to the Main Coal & Cannel Co around July 1877 although this company was also unsuccessful and the company was dissolved after being taken over by David Evans, a Liverpool brickmaker and builder. The works, along with that of his North Buckley Colliery and Firebrick Co were sold in 1881 to the newly formed North & South Buckley Colliery, Brick & Tile Co Ltd.