O/T Anybody know where D & S Clarke Brickworks were?

[MagyarMiller]

Many years ago I found a brick amongst rubble, when leveling my back garden, that was stamped
'' D&S CLARKE ROTHERHAM'' recently got to wondering where the factory actually was.

I've been doing a few on line searches and found a blog site ''UK named bricks'' that states D & S Clarke are recorded at Greasborough Road, Masborough, Rotherham in Kelly's & Whites Trade Directories from 1893 to 1935.

I've got a few reproduction old ordnance survey maps of various parts of Rotherham covering this period and on the Eastwood and Parkgate works one dated 1901, there seems to be a ''Rotherham sanitory tube and brickworks close to a clay pit which kind of makes sense, and a brick kiln shown shown near Car House Colliery. Anybody know if the Clarke factory was anywhere near here.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

I assume you've seen this?

https://uknamedbricks.blogspot.com/2...finds.html?m=1

[MagyarMiller]

I assume you've seen this?

https://uknamedbricks.blogspot.com/2...finds.html?m=1

Yes, Grist that's the site I'd found.

[Lolmorgan]

Daniel & Samuel Clarke,Sanitry tube & common & firebrick manufactures.

[howdydoo]

Try this link to try and obtain more information. It says cash ledgers and a rent book are available in the Rotherham Archives for this company.



https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ails/c/F280730


D&S Clarke

1892-1952: cash ledgers and rent book
Rotherham Archives and Local Studies
1050-B:Add3
See Annual Return 2017

[MagyarMiller]

Thanks everybody
If they were involved in the sanitary tube manufacture looks like that could be the place on my map, exactly what I was after.
I'd found that link to the archives but not looked into it much further.
I knew MM was the place to get answers.
Half expected there to be one or two former employees LOL

[Brin]

Thanks everybody
If they were involved in the sanitary tube manufacture looks like that could be the place on my map, exactly what I was after.
I'd found that link to the archives but not looked into it much further.
I knew MM was the place to get answers.
Half expected there to be one or two former employees LOL

There's one or two out there a brick short, maybe you could help them

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

We don't need no education

[Brin]

Cos all in all....

[MagyarMiller]

There's one or two out there a brick short, maybe you could help them

One or two????? 😉

Present company excepted, obviously LOL