Cambridge Brick Company, Henley Road, Cambridge

History of Cambridge Brick Company

1901

Cambridge Brick Company, between Coldham’s Lane and Newmarket Road — fire, 18 February 1901
An outbreak of fire occurred at the works of the Cambridge Brick Company, situated between Coldham’s Lane and Newmarket Road on the outskirts of the densely populated district of Barnwell. The fire attracted large crowds and the flames, aided by a gentle breeze, spread rapidly, soon mounting in the air a distance of about a hundred feet. In just over two hours everything had yielded to the flames and all that remained was the damaged and broken parts of the valuable machinery. Fortunately the conflagration was confined to the corrugated iron roofed wooden building covering the machinery or the entire works could easily scarcely have escaped destruction
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Newmarket Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, entry 1901 02 18.

1913

Cambridge Brick Co. Works