Talk:Fareham red brick

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fareham red brick rules ? I need to know what sizes of bricks were being made in Fareham and neighbouring Gosport in the first half of the 17th Century. Can anyone help, please. This is needed because we at the 17th Century Village (littlewoodham.org.uk) a reprodcution village have a dispute about the thickness of bricks made locally in 1642. We know that QE1 issued an edict that bricks should be 2" thick and werew being made this Thickness on the Isle of Wight. Later an Act was passed standardising bricks to their present size. But what were they making here in the early 1600s ? (Kgreenwood (talk) 20:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC))

Citations I found for possible future use
https://www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/publications/hampshirestudies/digital/1970s/vol28/White.pdf (page 86)

https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/nobcp3fe.51522.0002 "Fareham Red Bricks are made from a moderately plastic clay, which is found in very deep beds around the town of Fareham, and in other places in the neighbourhood"

https://search.proquest.com/openview/634e6060484573b9/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=2971 "Fareham red bricks are extensively used in London, their deep red tint being much admired"