The London Brick Company

The London Brick Company

Infobox Company
company_name = The London Brick Company
company_
company_type = Private (subsidiary of Hanson plc)
foundation = 1900
location = Stewartby, Bedfordshire, England, UK
key_people =
industry = Brickmaking
products = Bricks and paviors
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees =
parent = Hanson plc
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.hanson.co.uk/ www.hanson.co.uk]
footnotes =

The London Brick Company is a leading British Brickmaker. It is owned by Hanson plc. It has been estimated that a quarter of all brick built houses in Britain are built from London brick [ [http://www.hanson.co.uk/page.cns?pID=29 Hanson UK Home Page] ] .

History

The London Brick Company was established in 1899 by John Cathles Hill who brought together the Peterborough and Fletton brickworks. At that time the Peterborough brickworks had the largest Hoffmann kiln in the world, capable of baking 1 million bricks at a time.

The Company was incorporated in 1900 under the leadership of Sir Malcolm Stewart. The Company's activities expanded in the 1920s and demand peaked in the 1950s and 1960s with the rebuilding of London after World War II.

Many Italian families came to Bedfordshire in the 1950s to work in the Marston Vale brickworks. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/england/beds_herts_bucks/article_1.shtml BBC Legacies - Bedford's Italian question] ]

Towards the end of the 1960s demand for bricks fell and the Company diversified. London Brick Land Fill was formed and began the tipping of household and industrial refuse into the old clay pits in the Marston Vale area.

In the 1970s The London Brick Company bought several competitors including the Marston Valley Brick Company and Redland Brick. Some brickworks were closed and others were modernised.

The company was acquired by Hanson in 1984.

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