The Brickmakers of St Albans
A Talk given to the St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society at St Albans on 7th January 2003

Benjamin Fowler
(died ~1826)
Sons: Joseph (1781-1834?) & Benjamin (1792-18??)

• 1790s onward: Benjamin (senior) recorded as bricklayer & builder in a number of surviving accounts..
• 1813: Enclosed part of Bernards Heath for Brickmaking.
• 1815 & 1822: Before Sandridge Manor Court for encroaching on the Heath.
• 1827: "Joseph Fowler has left the pits dug by him on Bernard Heath aforesaid for brick earth in a dangerous state and the said Joseph Fowler being present in court undertook to fill in the same."
• 1833: Joseph Fowler set up the waterworks on the site.
• 1835: Joseph had died, no definite evidence of further brick making.

Supplementary Information

Drawn from map drawn by T. Godman in 1822, entitled Plan of the Copyhold Estates in the Manor of New Lane Squillers. [Herts Records Office 10802]

Biographical Data: see Benjamin Fowler

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