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'''[[Walters Ash Farm]]''' is the property at the far south in the parish, opposite Bradenham turn.

Thomas Bristow, a stone merchant, bought the farm in 1896 in order to start a brickworks, the clay there being very suitable for bricks.

The brickworks was launched on Jan 13<sup>th</sup> 1896. (T. Bristow and Bros.)

“Naphill Hand Made Bricks” as they became known, were sought after for their colour of soft mauves mingled with a soft red, long after a factory made, cheaper, commodity had virtually stolen the market.    

The last burn of bricks was in 1963 when his son Archibald Charles Bristow (known as Ben) retired.  click [[Archibald & Hilda Bristow]] for their life story

Two houses were built with the bricks from this for May Ashdown and Beryl Highgate  two of Tom’s grand-daughters.

Also see [[1899 Stone Cutting at Walters Ash]], also at [[Walters Ash Farm]]