Post medieval brickworks at Mill Hill, Great Bromley (EHER 15517)

The brickworks at Mill Hill, Great Bromley was east of Elmstead Market and Tenpenny Brook and south of Mill Wood and the road between Elmstead Market and Hare Green.

The brickworks at Mill Hill, Great Bromley were east of Elmstead Market and Tenpenny Brook and south of Mill Wood and the road between Elmstead Market and Hare Green. It was located just within the parish boundary of Great Bromley with Elmstead Market, the boundary being Tenpenny Brook. It operated between 1882 to around 1917 (but probably not continuously). It was disused on the 1923 map. <1> Its operators were Henry Harper around 1882 and George Harper from around 1898 to around 1917.vIt produced bricks. Further Information: Henry Harper was a brickmaker and farmer with interests at Mistley and Thorrington as well as at Great Bromley. George Harper later continued the Great Bromley Brickworks for about twenty years until their closure towards the end of the First World War. The 1923 map records the brickworks as being disused. Site Assessment: Lying south of a caravan park. Archaeological deposits may survive. Field visit with further cartographic/documentary research and intrusive works if warranted.