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Midhurst Brickworks
50.9832° N, -0.7520° E
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Midhurst Brickworks is a former brickworks situated to the south-west of Midhurst, West Sussex in England. The works were sited close to the (now closed) Midhurst Common railway station on the Midhurst to Petersfield (L.S.W.R.) railway line. The works were established in 1913, on land owned by the Cowdray Estate, and closed in 1985. From 1938, the company traded as Midhurst Whites after their main product, white bricks made of sand and lime, which was obtained from the Cocking Lime Works, 5 km (3 mi) south.
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Established
1913
Cocking Lime Works acquired by Dunning and Searle
1924
Sold to Dunning and Searle
1925
Benjamin Cloke purchase and expansion
1926
Hudson locomotive built
1932
Midhurst White introduced
1935
Company renamed Midhurst Whites
1938
Stockpile after World War II
1945
Railway closure
1964
Closure
1985
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