Description and History of Site:-

The site is now a field for cattle grazing on the roadside. Brick walls of a derelict building remain.Dr William Davison moved to the area from Alnwick in the mid-1850s, and bought for sheep farming grassland known as Egton Bent, which included the disused site of Egton Racecourse. He recognised that the clayey, waterlogged soils were suitable for brickmaking and established a brickworks and kiln at the head of Cold Keld Beck. The enterprise was short-lived and the site was shown as disused on the map surveyed in 1892. Nearby Egton Cottage High Farm was built from the bricks; all that remains is its cart shed, called Black House. The brickworks site has been restored to grazing land.

Further Reading and References:-

Old Egton: a New History by Alastair Lawrence, Jetprint 2018.

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Key Words :- brickworks Egton

Viewing the Site :- On the B-road from Egton toward Ugthorpe

Address :- Egton, Whitby, North Yorkshire
Grid Ref :- NZ 80705 07272
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.454436 , Long -0.756712
Local Authority :- Scarborough Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site derelict - some buildings remaining
Contributor :- Jane Ellis - 29 August 2020

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