tarboat's photos with the keyword: fenton

Oldfield Colliery in Fenton and its associated brickworks was owned by Balfour & Co in the 1880s.The colliery passed on to another company, the Lane End Works Ltd. by 1889. Then in September 1896 the colliery, now in the hands of the Oldfield Colliery Company was closed leaving the brickworks to operate in its own right. This yard had a sustained life through until at least 1959, when it was manufacturing refractory bricks under the ownership of D Duddell Ltd.

Henry Warrington, Stoke On Trent This works at Berry Hill, Fenton, first appears in 1889-90 and is last listed in 1912 as Henry Warrington & Son. Henry Warrington, 1838-1907, was born at Cheadle, left school in 1851 to work for William Bowers at Berry Hill and succeeded Bowers in operating the colliery and associated brickworks on his death in 1880. There was also an iron works at Berry Hill, but the forges closed circa 1900. Warrington employed 1000 men, farmed 400 acres and lived at Fenton Manor House. He shot himself on the 2nd March 1907. Henry Warrington & Son seems to have been the name of the business from c1896.

Glebe Colliery was established by the mid nineteenth century and operated for around 100 years. From the 1860s it was operated by Challinor and Co and then by 1900, J Heath and Co. In 1919 it was in the hands of Fenton Collieries Ltd and continued to work into the nationalised era. It finally closed under the NCB in October 1964. The associated brickworks was situated a short distance to the south of the pit and had three round kilns in 1878. The brickworks was stil in business in the 1930s, but had been levelled by 1953. This example probably dates from before 1919 as Fenton Collieries was stamped on later bricks. It can be seen in the comprehensive displays about the North Staffordshire brick industry at the Apedale Heritage Centre .

A seriously hard brick from the Stafford Coal and Iron Co works adjacent to their collieries in Fenton.

Not too far from where it was manufactured. A product of the brickworks at Fenton Colliery seen at the Acme Marls site in Burslem.

Joseph Hewitt & Co, Fenton Low Brick and Marl Works, first appears in the trade directories in 1872 and was working until after 1940. Thia brick marked J Hewitt and Son probably dates from before 1872.

One of the few structures remaining from Fenton Park collieries is this chimney base. To the left are the shaft remains of the Victoria Colliery. In the background can be seen the housing in Ubberley and Bentilee. This area has some of the best nineteenth century mining remains to be found in North Staffordshire.