Timeline

Industry, ca. 1840

Map of the distribution of industry in the 1840s

Key:

Warf. . Mine shaft. Q Quarry. Br Brickworks.

  1. Butt Lane Pit.
  2. Deep shaft at Pooley Hall site.
  3. Midland Brick and Terra Cotta Co. Ltd. (the "pipeworks" or "brickyard").
  4. Sephton's Boatyard.
  5. Polesworth Colliery (shafts at various sites).
  6. Gorby Knob Pit (a.k.a. the Whitehouse Colliery).

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