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Brickworks
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A number of chronologies or part chronologies exist for the Georges Street Avondale brickworks originally started by William Hunt in 1881/2, and these do not agree (see Lambert 1985:141, Eaves 1990:9, J.Diamond pers.comm). A number of the bricks recovered from the His Majesty's site are thought to have come from these brickworks, and an attempt was made to establish a more reliable sequence. For this the relevant title deeds and trade directories were consulted.
Deeds Books
24.4.1882 William Hunt (gentleman) acquires the land (5A/692)
9.12.1887 Hunt (brick manufacturer) sells to Bycroft (R27/10)
2.6.1896 Bycroft sells to J.J.Craig (A2/266)
22.2.1900 Craig & Others sell to Avondale Brick and Pottery (A2/266)
19.12.1910 A.B. & P wound up, and sold to Craig for £3000 but no conveyance ever executed (R268/114).
13.7.1916 Craig dies
19.9.1916 Liquidators of ABP sell to Jessie Craig widow and E A Craig (R268/114).
16.7.1920 J M Melville and J Fletcher purchase on behalf of a Company in the process of formation, the Brick-Tile Auckland Co.Ltd. 14.5.1923 By order of the Supreme Court, Brick-Tile Auckland is changed to Glenburn Fireclay and Pottery Ltd.
16.2.1929 Jessie Craig & Ors sell to Glenburn Fireclay and Pottery Co. Ltd. (R257/147).
??????1929 Amalgamated Brick and Pipe Co. Ltd.
Wises Trade Directories
Year Brickworks
1890-98 Bycroft's Avondale Patent Brickworks
1898/9,1900 J.J.Craig
1901-1922 Avondale Company Ltd
1923,4 Avondale Brick and Pottery Co. Ltd
1925-8 Glenburn Fireclay Pottery Co
1929 (missing)
1930 Glenburn, and Amalgamated Brick and Pipe Co. Ltd
1931- Amalgamated Brick and Pipe Co. Ltd
From the above it can be seen that GLENBURN marked bricks were apparently made between 1923 and c.1929, the latter date being when the Amalgamated Brick and Pipe Co. Ltd was formed. Bricks marked J J CRAIG are most likely to have been made between 1896 and 1900, although it is possible that they were produced again when Craig bought out Avondale Brick and Pottery. The legal changes between 1901 and 1922, as shown by the deeds information, are not reflected in the Trade Directory, and this remains unresolved. | |
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