I first found in the 1871 census that Thomas Slack b.1831 in Sutton in Ashfield is listed as a Journeyman Brickmaker & was living with his wife & young children on Blackmires Lane, Sutton. Now there was brickworks at Blackmires Farm which was owned by farmer/brickmaker William Beeley, so I am assuming Thomas was working for William Beeley at this date.
The 1881 census now records Thomas Slack as a Brick & Tile Manufacturer living at Grange Cottage, Dalestorth Road with his wife Alice & four sons, John (24), Herbert (22) & Joseph (18) who are all listed as brickmakers, then Thomas junior (15) is listed as a labourer. With this brick yard being shown on the 1887 map Thomas Slack may have established this works in the mid 1870's with him moving to Grange Cottage.
The 1891 census records Thomas Slack aged 60 still living at Grange Cottage with his wife Alice (58) & children, Elizabeth (26) dressmaker, Thomas junior (25) & listed as Brick Carrier & Hannah (24).
Trade directories record Thomas Slack as brickmaker at Grange Cottage, Sutton in Ashfield, first in Wright's 1883 edition & then in Kelly's directories for the years 1891, 1893, 1895 & 1899. As no works address is given for Thomas Slack in trade directories I have identified that Thomas owned the yard just a short distance from his home. The 1898 O.S. map below shows Thomas' brickworks & his home, Grange Cottage, both coloured yellow. Today Grange Cottage has been replaced with a modern house & is now numbered 50 Dalestorth Road, with the garden still occupying all of the yellow area. A row of bungalows have also been built on the land between this plot & Dalestorth Road. Please note the houses on the opposite side of Dalestorth Road are in Skegby & the dotted line represents the parish boundary between Sutton & Skegby.
Trade directories record Thomas Slack as brickmaker at Grange Cottage, Sutton in Ashfield, first in Wright's 1883 edition & then in Kelly's directories for the years 1891, 1893, 1895 & 1899. As no works address is given for Thomas Slack in trade directories I have identified that Thomas owned the yard just a short distance from his home. The 1898 O.S. map below shows Thomas' brickworks & his home, Grange Cottage, both coloured yellow. Today Grange Cottage has been replaced with a modern house & is now numbered 50 Dalestorth Road, with the garden still occupying all of the yellow area. A row of bungalows have also been built on the land between this plot & Dalestorth Road. Please note the houses on the opposite side of Dalestorth Road are in Skegby & the dotted line represents the parish boundary between Sutton & Skegby.
© Crown Copyright. Reproduced with permission of Ordnance Survey 1898.
The next owner of this brickworks was George Boot around 1907.
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