Watercolour, 'Loam Pit Hill' by James Bourne, c.1820
This is probably George Faulkner's brick and tile kiln, which stood in what is now the Shell/Fossil Road area.
The view is towards Greenwich, with Blackheath on the right.
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Brick making was one of Lewisham's
few industries before 1900.
The kilns established along Loampit Hill from
the late eighteenth century gave employment
to some of the growing working class population
of the village, and provided materials for
the 19th century building boom.
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