Manufacturers of ceramic pipes and construction materials, named after the Burmantofts district of Leeds. The business began when fire clay was discovered in a coal mine owned by William Wilcox and John Lassey. The company supplied the distinctive ox-blood red terracotta blocks which feature on the exterior of many of the early London Underground stations.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Burmantofts
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From Emergency we know that this plaque was erected on or before 19 July 2017.
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