A Cwmtylery Brick

A Cwmtylery Brick.
This is a brick manufactured by an unknown brick maker though more than probably an early Arthur Tilney manufactured brick.

It has the name Cwmtylery stamped into the face of the brick with a faint, hardly visible same Cwmtylery mark on the reverse, this is the old Welsh spelling of Cwmtillery which was used by both Joseph Wallace and Arthur Tilney at their respective brickworks. Mr A. Tilney has his name stamped into his bricks above the word Cwmtylery, whereas this example doesn’t.

Abertillery and District Brickworks and Brick Makers.
Mr James B. King.
Mr James B. King, Abertillery, Cwmtillery. Mr King was also a coalmine level owner at Abertillery in the 1850’s. Mr James B King featured in the 1859 Copes Directory. There are no known examples of his bricks to exist.

Mr E. G. Smith & Co.
Mr E. G. Smith & Co, Abertillery. (Information to come).

Mr Joseph Wallace.
Mr Joseph Wallace, Woodland Brickworks, Cwmtillery. Mr Wallace was the general manager of the Cwmtillery Colliery in the 1870’s and opened his own brickworks at Cwmtillery with “Wallace – Cwmtylery” stamped into his bricks.

Mr Arthur Tilney.
Mr Arthur Tilney, Abertillery, Cwmtillery. Mr Tilney purchased the old Wallace Brick Kilns at the Woodland Brickworks, Cwmtillery. He produced red coloured bricks with “A. Tilney – Cwmtylery” stamped into his bricks.

Powell’s Tillery Brickworks.
Powell’s Tillery Brickworks, Castle Street, Abertillery. The Penybont, Gray and Vivian Colliery owners Messrs Powell’s opened their own brickworks in the grounds of the Vivian Colliery on Castle Street, Abertillery. They produced red and yellow coloured bricks and they were used to construct many buildings in Abertillery including the Powell’s Tillery Institute on Division Street, Abertillery.

Messrs Weaver & Sons.
Weaver & Sons, Cwmnantygroes, Six Bells.

Messrs Stone & Co.
Stone & Co, Blaina. Colliery owners at Blaina, I believe there are known examples of their bricks in Blaina museum.