2022

SK9768 : Brickworks Chimney, Cross O'Cliff Hill, Lincoln

taken 1 year ago, near to Bracebridge Heath, Lincolnshire, England

Brickworks Chimney, Cross O'Cliff Hill, Lincoln
Brickworks Chimney, Cross O'Cliff Hill, Lincoln
Close to the Orchard Walk houses, for some reason this is the only remaining structure from William Bartholomew Best's Cross O'Cliffe Brick & Tile Works. Kelly's Directory of 1872 is the earliest mention with the 1868 directory carrying no reference to the works. However there is a note in the press 1856 about the intended use of the land and the online heritage information and management system for the City claims it to be built in 1857 by R Toynbee. This may be a confusion with “Ward’s Brickyard” that is described in a Great Northern Railway 1863 schedule and plan as further north, roughly in the area of the LSST school. Cross O'Cliffe Brick & Tile Works was known from 1889 as Lincoln Brick Company who probably modernised the works. It closed in 1901 and by 1907 most buildings were ruinous and only the chimney and two buildings remained (both post 1887, known in 1965 as Old Brickyard Cottage and Fieldhouse, demolished by 2004). There is evidence that buildings on the site were previously agricultural, probably for pigs and post-dating the brickworks; it seems the area was used by butcher Zachariah T Priestley for slaughtering work c.1914. In 1992 the building remains were made safe and the 45ft 6in (13.8m) chimney was reduced in height by 17 feet (5m), refurbished and repaired.

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Geographical Context: Suburb, Urban fringe Derelict, Disused Industry Primary Subject: Chimney
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Cross O'Cliff Hill [10] · Houses on Cross O'Cliff Hill [5] · North [4] · Close [2] · Orchard Walk [2] ·
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SK9768, 31 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Jo and Steve Turner   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 25 November, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 26 November, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 9745 6851 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:12.2844N 0:32.5476W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 9741 6852
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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