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In the foreground are products of the Leeds Fireclay Company, back of Websters Row is in the back ground. Wortley has large deposits of clay, the Ingham family owned land in the area with under lying. In 1825 William Ingham founded the company using the clay to manufacture a vast range of goods. Fire bricks, furnace bricks, bricks finished with a coloured glaze, sanitary fittings and baths, terracotta for building works and garden ornaments were all produced. Ingham's sons joined the company, the family were active in the political and social life of the area. oseph Cliff also a Wortley man had the Sanitary Tube works, his son Walter Cliff succeeded him. The company became part of the Leeds Fireclay Company. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Webster Row Leeds Fireclay Company | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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