NHER 26546 (Monument record) - Eight post medieval brick kilns, deep well and clay pits

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This is the site of eight brick kilns and a deep well, shown on first editon OS map (S1). There were also extensive clay pits at the rear. When Mousehold Heath was made into a public park in the 1880s the kilns were covered by a raised platform of earth which became a hockey ground. This was turned into allotments during World War Two and is now football fields.

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Map sheet TG21SW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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Gurney Road Playing Fields
Site of eight brick kilns and a deep well, shown on first editon OS map (S1); extensive clay puts at rear. When Mousehold Heath was made into a public park in the 1880s the kilns were covered by a raised platform of earth which became a hockey ground (turned into allotments during World War Two and now football fields). Note; the map (S1) was surveyed 1880 and published 1884. The adjacent map was surveyed 1883, and shows the kilns at the Fountain Ground as gone. This may suggest Mousehold Heath was laid out between 1881 and 1883.
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA), 18 August 2000.

  • <S1> Map: 1884. 1st Edition 25" OS Map.

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Record last edited

Nov 27 2012 12:32PM

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