Description: Further DetailsTitle: Bricks of Victorian LondonCondition: NewSubtitle: A social and economic historyEAN: 9781912260577ISBN: 9781912260577Publisher: University of Hertfordshire PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/03/2023Description: 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 of many parts of London and the home counties, and this book provides a valuable record of it in its heyday.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 244mmItem Length: 170mmAuthor: Peter HounsellGenre: HistoryRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Bricks of Victorian London
Title: Bricks of Victorian London
Subtitle: A social and economic history
EAN: 9781912260577
ISBN: 9781912260577
Release Date: 04/03/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 283 Pages
Publication Name: Bricks of Victorian London : a Social and Economic History
Language: English
Publisher: University of Hertfordshire Press
Subject: Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Social History
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 20.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: History
Item Length: 9.5 in
Author: Peter Hounsell
Series: Studies in Regional and Local History Ser.
Item Width: 6.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
