Names and places associated with The Aldershot Brick and Tile Works

The following people and places all have an association with Brickfields Country Park, The Aldershot Brick and Tile Works or the land on which the works was built. If you have anny information, pictures, documents or photographs that relate to our history or the list below then please let us know. Email with any details you have.

Adam the Cleric	Held one virgate[1] of land containing 29 acres (became Boxalls Farm).
Alan Harding	Rushmoor Borough Council (RBC) project officer for the park when it was built.
Alverstoke	The house in Cranmore Gardens that was built for Mr. Stroud of Kemp Stroud (was The Aldershot Brick and Tile Works).
Alwin White	Mentioned under Kingsclere Hundred in the Doomesday book - "Alwin held this land under Wigot for protection; now he holds it under Miles, and it was delivered to Wigot, by Humphrey Visdeloup, in exchange for Broadwater".
Bill Cook	of Rushmoor Borough Council provided the original proposal report.
Boxall (or Eggar)	Dug the pit to extract the clay for building purposes.
Boxall family	Came into possession of the land in about the middle of the l600's.
Caywood Concrete Products	Used part or all of the brickworks site making various concrete products, fence posts Etc
Chrismas family	Sidney Chrismas J.P was Mayor of Rushmoor (1968/69), owner of the land on which was built Chrismas Lodge. This land at one time was part of the Brick and Tile Works.
Colin Balchin	Mayor of Rushmoor (2004-5), opened the park on the 7th June 1985.
David Medhurt	Who lived in the area and used to have "war games" in Brickfields with the Army Cadets.
Fred Eggar	Listed as brickmaker at "The Aldershot Brick and Tile Works" of Bank Street (Grosvenor Road).
Fredrick Eggar	Possible owner ?.
George Kemp	Established and owned the Brick and Tile Works, believed to have started in business in 1857. His red facing bricks were known as "Georgie Kemp's Reds", used for his own house, "The Croft" in Church Lane East and Mr. Stroud's house, "Alverstoke" in Cranmore Gardens.
Gould	Along with Keith Kemp, Gould took ownership from George Kemp, continued in business up to the mid-1920s.
Harry Stonard	Owner of the "The Aldershot Brick and Tile Works" in Grosvenor Road.
Humphrey Visdeloup	Mentioned under Kingsclere Hundred in the Doomesday book.
J. D. Wood	Rushmoor Borough Council Chief Architect when the park was built.
J. Alfred Eggar	An estate agent of Castle Street Farnham who presided over the sale of the - "Lease, Goodwill, Plant & Machinery and 22 acres of Land of the Aldershot Brick and Tile Works".
James Clark	Listed in the Hampshire Records Office as owner of the - "Aldershot Brick and tile Works near Halimot Road off Bank Street from June 1882".
John White, Knight	In the Crondall Customary of 1567 we find he holds - "divers lands and tenements, with appurtenances in Aldershot".
Keith Kemp	Along with a Mr. Gould took ownership from George Kemp, continued in business up to the mid-1920s.
Loveless	Ran and possibly owned the concrete works after the brickworks finished.
Margaret of Overescumbe	Held one virgate of land containing 29 acres (became Boxalls Farm).
Miles	Mentioned under Kingsclere Hundred in the Doomesday book.
Peggy Stroud	of Kemp Stroud, Builders, Aldershot.
Roy Masters	Director of Kemp Stroud, Builders, Aldershot.
Roy Sharpe	Borough Engineer and Surveyor.
Sarah Boxall	Did not pay her taxes and was taken to court in London in 1703.
The Croft	The house George Kemp built for himself in Church Lane East.
Tim Childerhouse	Our well known local historian of Aldershot and the surrounding areas.
Waddleton & Company	Fruit and Vegetable distributors, who we believe occupied the Aldershot Brick and Tile Works site after it closed.
White family of Aldershot	Living at The Lodge in Church Lane East.
Wigot	Mentioned under Kingsclere Hundred in the Doomesday book.
William Giffard	The second Bishop of Winchester, became Chancellor to Henry I.

Virgate (virgata, virga)	A quarter of a hide. Used in Domesday for tax purposes. (See Hide) (back) (top)
Hide (hida)	Measurement of land for tax assessment used outside Danelaw counties (where carucates were used). Approximately 120 acres, depending on local variations in the acre. See Virgate.
Carucate (carucata, caruca, carruca)	Derived from the Latin word caruca, meaning plough, this is a measure of land used in Danelaw (North and Eastern) counties in Domesday. Equivalent to a hide and represented the amount of land which could be ploughed by one plough team. Also used in Domesday for customary assessment. See Bovate.
Bovate (bovata)	Derived from the Latin word bo, meaning ox, a bovate was a measure of land which could be ploughed by one eighth of a plough, in other words equivalent to one eighth of a carucate. Also used for customary assessment. Used in Domesday records for places under Danelaw.
Plough	In the Domesday the word implies a plough team with its eight oxen and the plough itself. See Carucate.

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