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100 1  Hounsell, Peter,|eauthor. 
245 10 Bricks of Victorian London :|bA social and economic 
       history /|cPeter Hounsell. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bUniversity Of 
       Hertfordshire Press,|c2022. 
300    1 online resource (306 pages) 
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520    Many of London's Victorian buildings are built of coarse-
       textured yellow bricks. These are 'London stocks', 
       produced in very large quantities all through the 
       nineteenth century and notable for their ability to 
       withstand the airborne pollutants of the Victorian city. 
       Whether visible or, as is sometimes the case, hidden 
       behind stonework or underground, they form a major part of
       the fabric of the capital. Until now, little has been 
       written about how and where they were made and the people 
       who made them. Peter Hounsell has written a detailed 
       history of the industry which supplied these bricks to the
       London market, offering a fresh perspective on the social 
       and economic history of the city. In it he reveals the 
       workings of a complex network of finance and labour. From 
       landowners who saw an opportunity to profit from the clay 
       on their land, to entrepreneurs who sought to build a 
       business as brick manufacturers, to those who actually 
       made the bricks, the book considers the process in detail,
       placing it in the context of the supply-and-demand factors
       that affected the numbers of bricks produced and the costs
       involved in equipping and running a brickworks. Transport 
       from the brickfields to the market was crucial and Dr 
       Hounsell conducts a full survey of the different routes by
       which bricks were delivered to building sites - by road, 
       by Thames barge or canal boat, and in the second half of 
       the century by the new railways. The companies that made 
       the bricks employed many thousands of men, women and 
       children and their working lives, homes and culture are 
       looked at here, as well as the journey towards better 
       working conditions and wages. The decline of the handmade 
       yellow stock was eventually brought about by the arrival 
       of the machine-made Fletton brick that competed directly 
       with it on price. Brickmaking in the vicinity of London 
       finally disappeared after the Second World War. Although 
       its demise has left little evidence in the landscape, this
       industry influenced the development ... 
588    Publisher metadata. 
650  0 Brick trade|zEngland|zLondon|xHistory. 
650  0 Brick trade|xSocial aspects|zEngland|zLondon. 
650  7 HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-
       1901)|2bisacsh 
655  0 Electronic books. 
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