Ralph Carnaby- Coxhoe Brick Manufacturer
Parents of RalphRalph Carnaby = Anne Ridley
(Cartwright)
(Brick & tile maker) Ralph Carnaby = Mary Hart
b.1818 Westoe, b.1824 S Shields
South Shields-
d.1885 S Shields
Children:
Margaret Hammond b.1848 Coxhoe d.15 May 1857 age 9yr 7mth
Ralphb.1850 Coxhoed. 28 May 1861 age 12 yr
Mary Anneb.1851 Coxhoe d. 1874
Isabellab.1853 Coxhoe
Eleanor Porterb.1854 Coxhoe d. 1926
Aliceb.13 July 1858 Coxhoe
Florence Fieldb.18 Oct 1859 Coxhoe d. 1943
Hammond Ridleyb.1862 Coxhoe d. 1931
Adab.7 July 1863 Coxhoe
Reginaldb.1865 Coxhoe
Margaret Hammond b.1866 Coxhoe d.1897
1841 Censusliving with parents in S Shield area, profession agent
1851 Censusliving in Cornforth Villa, Blackgate, Coxhoe, profession brick manufacturer
Employing 8 men, 2 women & a boy
1858 Trade Directory.agent to West Hetton Colliery. Residing Cornforth Villa
1861 Censusliving in Cornforth Villa, Blackgate, Coxhoe, profession brick
manufacturer Employing 10
1864 Newspaperfatal accident at Carnaby Brickyard, Newcastle Journal 25 June
1867 Palace Green Archives. Deeds & Property Transaction, Kelloe File No.31823.
GB-0033-CCB/D/1956/536/122576 15 July 1867. Ecclesiastical Commission for England to Ralph Carnaby . Clay at West Hetton, Quarrington with plan
1871 Censusliving in Clarence Villa, Coxhoe, profession brick manufacturer
1881 Censusliving in 27 Saville St., Westoe, S. Shields, retired brick manufacturer
Ralph Carnaby, brick maker
Ralph was born 1818 Westoe, South Shields and started his early working life as an agent in South Shields. He married Martha Hart there but moved to Coxhoe before 1848 where the first of his eleven children were born.
In 1851 the family are living in Blackgate and Ralph is a professional brick manufacturer employing 8 men, 2 women and a boy. The 1858 Trade Directory also list him as an agent to West Hetton Colliery, residing in Cornforth Villa. After securing more clay deposits at West Hetton & Quarrington in 1867, Ralph and family move to Clarence Villa. He liquidated before 1879 and retired to Westoe, South Shields.
NEWCASTLE JOURNAL Sat 25 June 1864
Fatal Accident at Carnaby’s Brick Yard
An inquest was held at Coxhoe on Wednesday, on the body of Mary Alice Crooks who was killed at Mr Carnaby’s brickyard manufactory, on Monday afternoon. The turnpike at Coxhoe is crossed by a branch line of the West Hartlepool Railway. About two hundred yards from the crossing there is situated a fire brick manufactory, the property of Mr R Carnaby. The rails leading to the factory are down in a very steep incline. At the bottom situate the brick works, and in those works the accident occurred. The men were engaged in filling with rubbish a set of ten wagons which were standing on the incline. Between six and seven yards higher up there were three wagons. On the engine – man backing his engine to remove these three ‘empties’, they ran down the line, and the impetus communicated to the nine standing wagons was such as to cause them to go with great force down the incline against the building. One end of the brick factory – a thick wall- was knocked completely in, and one of the laden wagons was forced into the interior of the building. There were working girls and married women. One of the girls , named Mary Alice Crooks, and Mrs Richardson, the married women already referred to, had no opportunity of seeing what was going on outside. Suddenly there was a great crash, the end of the building fell, and the wagon laden with ballast broke through the debris, and the young women buried beneath a mass of stones and earth. The girl Crooks was completely smothered, but the other two were only partly covered although the injuries they received were of a serious nature. The woman Richardson strange to say, was unhurt. The age of the diseased girl is thirteen years. Of the other two girls, Elizabeth Smith age 16 years is the most seriously injured, some of her ribs being broken. The jury’s verdict ‘Accidental Death’ accompanied by a recommendation that something should be done to prevent the possibility of such an accident occurring in the future.