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Midhurst Brickworks

20th-century sand‑lime brickworks in West Sussex, UK

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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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KilnsAutoclavesBrick PressesLancashire BoilerChimneyWorkshops
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TrackwaysRailway stationGoods shed
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United Kingdom

Coordinates

50.98° N, -0.75° E