Monument record MDO4660 - Long Cross Brickworks, Shaftesbury

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Summary

A brickworks shown on a map of 1779. The works appears to have had a Suffolk type and later a Scotch kiln, and closed in the late nineteenth century.

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2 (Map). SDO11594.

UpJohn, J, 1779, A Map of Brick-Kiln Estate in the Parish of Shaston St James in the County of Dorset. The Property of George S Foyle Esq. Surveyed by James Upjohn of Shaston 1779 (Map). SDO21759.

Ross, M S, 1991, Long Cross Brickworks, Shaston (Shaftesbury) St. James, Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 112, 146-149 (Article in serial). SDO21758.

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1991, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1990, 146-149 (Serial). SDO90.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2. paper. 1:2500.
  • --- Article in serial: Ross, M S. 1991. Long Cross Brickworks, Shaston (Shaftesbury) St. James, Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 112. 146-149.
  • --- Map: UpJohn, J. 1779. A Map of Brick-Kiln Estate in the Parish of Shaston St James in the County of Dorset. The Property of George S Foyle Esq. Surveyed by James Upjohn of Shaston 1779.
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1991. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1990. 112. 146-149.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 8530 2317 (135m by 84m)
Map sheet ST82SE
Civil Parish Shaftesbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 045 181

Record last edited

May 1 2026 1:42PM

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