NHER 59930 (Monument record) - Site of Heacham brickworks, Mount Pleasant

A brickworks is shown at this location on Faden's map of 1797 (S1). The first brickworks at this location was likely to have been a very small-scale village industry. The site was revitalised in the late 19th century when Holcombe Ingleby took possession of what was then known as the Lamsey Lane brickyard. New kilns, offices and drying sheds were built on the site. The company thrived throughout the early 20th century, and many local buildings are constructed from Heacham bricks including Heacham Methodist Church, Heacham water tower, and Hunstanton water tower. A brick stamped "HEACHAM" has even been noted in a wall on Peddars Way, Holme next the Sea [1]. The brickworks closed in 1914, but the main building which housed the brickmaking machinery, engine and dynamo remains intact and is used as storage for the modern caravan park which occupies the site.
Information from (S2).
The mapped extent of this site is based on evidence from the First Edition Ordnance Survey map and 1946 aerial photographs.
See NHER 1422 for details of various finds recovered from this brickworks and its associated pits.
H. Hamilton (HES), 19 September 2014.