Key Words :- brickworks Hoffmann kiln brickyard fireclay works firebrick

Address :- Wakefield Road, Adwalton, Drighlington, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD11 1EA
Grid Ref :- SE 23595 28260
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.75018 , Long -1.643671
Local Authority :- Leeds Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site in alternative industrial use
Site Dates :- c1890 - c1969

Description and History of Site:-
Hoffmann kiln, now a restaurant and hotel complex. Next to site of Wire Hall Colliery.
Rushforth & Wheatley opened a brickworks adjoining their colliery around 1890. Following the closure of the colliery the company became Rushforth & Co Ltd. The brickworks continued until around 1969 exploiting the shale from a quarry to the east which after the war was replaced by a new one to the west. After closure the quarries became waste disposal sites operated by Biffa, whilst the brickworks became a builders merchants yard operated by Naylor Myers.
Also known as Wyre Hall brickworks, Wire Hall Colliery brickworks, Greystones Colliery brickworks, Rushforth brickworks and Morley brickworks.

Further Reading and References:-
A Brief Guide to the Industrial Heritage of West Yorkshire W J Thompson Ed AIA 1989

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