Coleford Brick Co = Marion Works, nr Staunton = TERRETT ? (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Friday, February 05, 2016, 19:47 (3223 days ago) @ Jefff

Apologies to anyone not sharing my current "obsession" with brickmaking, but as a metal-bashing engineer I'm finding this ancient and important industry an interesting and somewhat unexpected diversion from the quarrying, mining and iron-making I normally associate with the Dean, altho' on reflection it does seem an obvious related trade.

The above post mentions the Marion Brickworks near Coleford of the 1920s era. I thought I'd try to fill in the history of this company.

As in the past, the truly excellent Dance Family website provides this useful info in conjunction with the British History website, referring to the Scowles area west of Coleford towards Staunton;

"A number of Scowles residents were employed in the nearby brickworks. Across the road nearly opposite Scowles Farm was the ancient trackway, Mary's Lane, which led from Scowles to Marions Brickworks.
Brick clays were dug nearby from the Coal Measures, then molded and fired in the dome shaped kilns.
A brickyard on the Staunton road beyond Crossways was occupied in 1821 by James Machen, owner of the Eastbach estate, and in the following year by James Hall who revived brickmaking there in the 1840s and 1850s. He went bankrupt in 1860 and the yard passed to the control of Jones & Co in 1867 and William James in 1876.In the 1920s it was the Coleford Brick & Tile Co. Ltd. The yard, which was known as Marian's brickworks, ceased production around 1940, and the kilns and some buildings were demolished in the early 1950s when it became became the site of a sawmill and fence factory."

http://deanweb.info/scowles.html
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol5/pp117-138

Unfortunately the Grace's Guide site doesn't immediately mention the Brickworks Co, but then gave this reference to an Exhibitor at the prestigious 1862 London Exhibition in Kensington.

"TERRET, J., Coleford, Gloucestershire. Brick tiles and pipes."
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1862_London_Exhibition:_Catalogue:_Class_I.:_J._Terret

Perhaps the same businesses listed in these Coleford Trade Directories ?
From 1852,
"Carpenters & Builders
TERRETT John (& ironmonger), Coleford"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/coleford1852.htm

And in 1876, his widow ?
"Trades and Professions
TERRETT Mrs. Hannah, ironmonger, builder, brick and tilemaker, and timber and slate merchants, High street"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/coleford1876.htm

Which by 1902 possibly becomes
"TAYLOR Terrett & Sons, ironmongers & builders., Market St"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/coleford1902.htm
(the same directory gives this Private Resident entry, presumably a well-to-do household, possibly linked ?; "TAYLOR Thomas Terrett J. P., Market place".

I haven't been able to find these particular Terretts already mentioned in this site's forum. The PRs give John's death, date etc fits the above information.

Record_ID: 61243
Entry_Number: 50
Year: 1869
Month: Jun
Day: 23
Surname: TERRETT
Forenames: John
Residence: of Coleford in the Parish of Newland. Builder and Contractor
Age_at_death: 72
Officiating_Minister: The Rev'd Tho[ma]s Holbrow Incumbent of Coleford
Event: Interment
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: (1) at Coleford in the Parish of Newland (2) South'n Division A Adults Graves (3) I 33 and (4) Consecrated (5)
Notes:
Register_Reference: DA25/204/2
Page_No: 3
Parish_Chapel: Coleford Cemetery
Soundex: T630

Record_ID: 36453
Entry_Number: 831
Year: 1835
Month: Mar
Day: 7
Grooms_Surname: TERRETT
Grooms_Forenames: John
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Newland
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: POWELL
Brides_Forenames: Hannah
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Newland
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Licence
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: James Powell
Witness_2: Catharine Powell
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: George Ridout Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P227 IN 1/11
Page_Number: 277
Parish_Chapel: Newland
Soundex_Groom: T630
Soundex_Bride: P400

Record_ID 61652
Entry_Number 456
Year 1877
Month Jul
Day 23
Surname TERRETT
Forenames Hannah
Residence Ironmonger
Age_at_death 77
Officiating_Minister Thomas Holbrow
Event Interment
Cause_of_death
Memoranda (1) Coleford (2) South Div'n Adults Gr (3) I 33 & J 33 (4) Consecrated (5)
Notes
Register_Reference DA25/204/2
Page_No 23
Parish_Chapel Coleford Cemetery
Soundex T630

If anyone can add Census info I'd be interested, please, especially if the building or brickmaking trades are mentioned, thanks.
I'm unable to find any children from this couple in the PRs, FreeBMD or GlosBMD.
?

Seems like the Marion name maybe derived from the nearby Robin Hood pit ?
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?id=11589

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UPDATED MARCH 2019.

The owner of the cottage at the old saw mills has recently reported part of their front garden collapsing into what looks like the old kilns which were buried under the saw mills operation.
I also find this detailed history of the site from December 2018, which has used this thread as one of it's reference sources ! It also has some useful photo and map images.
https://www.irhb.org/wiki/index.php/Marian%27s_Brick_Works_(Forest_of_Dean)