Brick Query: A Brick from Market Harborough, Leicestershire

摘要

The brick illustrated in figure 1, opposite, is from a building demolished about forty years ago, i.e. in the mid 1970s. This red brick of standard size has a rectangular frog with a stamp on two lines: B & T C° MK~T HARBORO Can any member identify the maker? Replies to MIKE CHAPMAN 8 Pinfold Close, Nottingham NG14 6DP It is possible to give some idea of the date and manufacturer of this brick. Kelly's Directory for Leicestershire and Rutland for 1912 lists the Brick and Tile Company, Little Bowden, Market Harborough. Earlier editions of Kelly's Directory for Leicestershire and Rutland, those for 1899 and 1904, list a Market Harborough Brick and Tile Company, St Mary's Road, Little Bowden, Market Harborough. There is no brick and tile company in Market Harborough listed in editions of Kelly's Directory for Leicestershire and Rutland for 1922, 1928 and 1932.