Industries

W C Blades, Wheelwright, Crowle

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William Cordwin blades was originally born in 1852 at Spilsby. The 1861 census shows the 9 year old William living with his family at Normanby-by-Spital where his father was Innkeeper of the Cross Keys. By the 1871 census, the 19 year-old William was apprenticed to William Brown, a wheelwright in Ealand. In 1873 he married Sarah Kelsey whose family were boot makers. Not long … Read more

Crowle Gas Works

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      Crowle Gas Works   Based on information supplied by Avril Clarke (Turner) The gas works was situated on the corner of Windsor Road and Marsh Road (the extension of Cross Street). The site is now covered by a new building – Windsor Lodge. It was established in 1854 with a capital of … Read more

Brick Making – 1649

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Mr Barley says in The English Farmhouse that there was enough demand for brick s in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, to encourage men to make them anywhere, anyhow. William Occarbie of Crowle was presented to the manor court in 1649 ‘for making brick s on the common and selling them out of the manor’. Barley M. W. The English Farmhouse and Cottage, Routledge, 1961

Crowle Brickworks. Site Visit 1980, 5th September

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In September 1980 Ann Los visited Crowle Brickworks as it was being closed down. This is her account and photographs of her visit. Where ann has inserted text from one of the printed leaflets from the brickworks I have put this with a coloured background. Crowle Brickworks Innes Lee Industries Site Visit 1980 5th September … Read more

James Fox & Sons – Properties acquired from Thomas Tune’s Executors

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An account book of James Fox lists the properties purchased in 1892. This might not be a complete list as I do not have copies of the subsequent pages. Freehold Properties and Plant Account 1892 October 1 – To Thomas Tune Excutors, (vendors) for freehold properties viz; Angel Inn, Bawtry £525 Burlington Hotel, Goole £3,000 … Read more

New Trent Brewery, Spen Lane – George Robinson Jun & Co – New Trent Brewery Co Ltd

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The brewery was located beside the railway to the west of Crowle Wharf. It had its own railway siding. The site is now occupied by the food processing company Canley Packers. History  The Brewery was constructed in 1878. 14 March 1882 – Partnership between Thomas Dymond, George Robinson, the younger, and Thomas Nutt dissolved as … Read more

Valuation of New Trent Brewery 1884

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Hull History Centre C DBHT/5/612 The following documents relate to the valuation of the New Trent Brewery carried out in 1884;   [Click on image to see a full size view]    Sheet 1 – Particulars of houses and other properties of the firm and of Mr Robinson. Sheet 2 – Sundry particulars relating to … Read more

Moorends Peat Works

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The Moorends Peat works is interesting, as in addition to be supplied with peat from the moors by tramway it also received peat by means of a specially built canal. In 1894 Dutch immigrant workers introduced the ‘Dutch graving’ method of peat extraction. The peat thus extracted was then transported by horse drawn barge on … Read more