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Bursledon Brickworks Museum
50.8858° N, -1.2908° E
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The Brickworks Museum, also known as Bursledon Brickworks, is a volunteer-run museum in Swanwick, Hampshire, England. It is purportedly the UK's sole surviving Victorian steam-driven brickworks. The brick kiln, chimney, drying sheds, and the boiler and engine house at the south section of the brickworks are listed Grade II* as a group on the National Heritage List for England.
Historical Timeline
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Brickworks built
1897
Company renamed and expanded
1903
Third unit added
1935
Amalgamation into Redland
1959
Closure of brickworks
1974
Heritage Lottery Fund grant
2012
Museum opened
2014
Bursledon Brickworks Museum Trust established
November 2016
Permission to replace kiln roof
2022
Historic England funding
2023
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