Description and History of Site:-
The kiln still stands, but the 35m-high squared chimney was demolished in 2011. The adjacent clay pits are now water-filled and the kiln is inaccessible inside. The kiln was a rectangular Staffordshire type continuous-burn kiln operated by Edward Oakland & Co Ltd, operational between the late 19th century and the 1960s.

The kiln had 6 wickets/chambers on the south side and 4 on the north, each 1.8m high by 1.05m wide. Between each pair of wickets was an arched flue 1.1m high by 0.8m wide, typical of this type of kiln. Each chamber was divided from the next by a brick-built cross-wall each with two sough tunnels running through to allow hot air to be drawn forward to the firing chambers. The kiln, externally, was c. 32m long by c. 15m wide with a height on the south side of 3.4m. The chimney
stood detached at the west end of the kiln.

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Key Words :- brickworks Staffordshire kiln

Viewing the Site :- Site only, kiln exists but is not accessible, site now a nature reserve.

Address :- Parkhill Road/A633, Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73
Grid Ref :- SE 40626 03070
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.522735 , Long -1.388696
Local Authority :- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- National Nature Reserve NNR
Site Condition :- Site derelict - some buildings remaining
Site Dates :- 18th Century - 1860
Record Date :- 12 February 2018

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