Brickyard Explained

A brickyard or brickfield is a place or yard where bricks are made, fired, and stored, or sometimes sold or otherwise distributed from. Brick makers work in a brick yard. A brick yard may be constructed near natural sources of clay or on or near a construction site if necessity or design requires the bricks to be made locally.^{[1] [2]}

Brickfield and Brickfields became common place names for former brickfields in south east England. The children's building toy called "Brickyard" (stylized as Ba) is named after the place.

See also

• • Brickworks, another type of place where bricks are made, often on a larger scale, and with mechanization
• Clay pit, a quarry or mine for clay
• Kiln, the type of high heat oven that bricks are baked in

References

Sources

• Web site: Watt. Kathleen Ann. Nineteenth Century Brickmaking Innovations in Britain: Building and Technological Change. etheses. 17 May 2018.

External links

• Web site: Brickmaking History. brickcollecting.com. 17 May 2018.

Notes and References

1. Lovejoy, Ellis. Economies in brickyard construction and operation. Indianapolis, Ind.: T.A. Randall, 1913. Print.
2. Web site: Pearce. Adrian. Chalk Mining & Associated Industries of Frindsbury. Shropshire History. Kent Underground Research Group. 16 May 2018. 1987.