Walley, Silverdale

In 1921 Walley & Alsop purchased the brick and tile works formerly run by John Nash Peake in Cemetery Road, Silverdale which were known as Rosemary Hill Tileries. T E Walley took sole control in 1926 and by 1937 the works was run by T E Walley Ltd. G.H. Downing & Co. Ltd. bought the business in 1975 but this only lasted until 1981 when the works was sold to Steetley and then closed, with production transferred to Knutton.