I know they were in Hemsworth in 1896 as their daughter Eva was born there. Samuel Oakland was married to Louisa Barns 21 Feb 1886 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, they had the following children:
Olive Elizabeth - 1886 Tunnbridge Wells
Henry Edward - 1888 Tunbridge Wells
Eva - 1896 Hemsworth
Redvers - 1899 Barnsley
Samuel (no date)
His son Henry is my mother-in-laws father, Henry married Edith Jackson and all their children were born in Hemsworth (Jessie, Joyce & Harry) Jessie & Harry stayed in the area and Joyce was a war bride who moved to Canada where she now lives, she is now in a home, her memory has gone most of the time.
Here is some info someone else sent me:
Article taken from a Hemsworth internet site:
The kiln was first fired in 1903 by Mr Samuel Oakland. It consisted of 14 chambers each holding 23,000 bricks and output was 84,000 bricks per week of which 25,000 were 'Rustic Faced'. After stacking in the kilns bricks were left for to dry for 20 to 30 hours, then fired for 30hrs to a temperature of 800 to 900 degrees fahrenheit. Cooling took two days during which the time the heat was transferred to another kiln to avoid wastage. Clay(Shale) was obtained from the adjacent quarry
Another Article Written about the Brickyards:
Hemsworth Brickworks (1956)
The Brickworks at this time belonged to The Yorkshire Brick Company Limited who bought it from Mr Sam Oakland who opened the Brickworks in 1903. The kiln consisted of 14 chambers each one capable of holding 23,000 bricks. An average of 84,000 bricks were turned out or "drawn" every week. Twenty two men and four women were employed there. About one third of the workforce got paid piece rates (paid according to their output) the rest were paid wages.
