b'J. Rd. Fenton, Age 14 - SonLabourer brickyardborn DringhousesMargaret Fenton, Age 12 - DaughterScholarborn Cawood, SelbyLuis Fenton, Age 8SonScholarborn MelbournLeon Fenton, Age 6SonScholarborn Bishop WiltonWm. E. Blenkinson, Age 2Grandsonborn Bishop WiltonArthur Fenton, Age 4Sonborn Bishop WiltonRobert Fuguel, Age 40LodgerLabourerborn Bishop WiltonWilliam Grant, Age 38Visitor Labourerborn MelbournLarge families give useful evidence of movements. It is likely the Fenton family had been working at the Brickyard since 1875, as they had a six year old son born in Bishop Wilton. The lodger visitors do not indicate if they were working in the Brickyard but it seems likely. It is possible that the Black Cottages on South Lane were built for the Brickyard workers. Neither these cottages nor the Brickyard are to be seen on the 1854 ordnance survey map, the first available.The old school log book has three relevant entries:May 11th 1864 - William Clough is [absent] carrying off bricks for his father.June 11th 1877 - 3 children admitted from Brickyard.July 28th 1885 - Wrote to the Attendance Officer respecting irregular children. The half-time boys at the brickyard are frequently kept at work all day.In the 1861 census William was 5, so in 1864 he was 8 years old and carrying bricks for his father!There are no references to brickmaking either in house names or in occupations in the 1891 or the 1901 census. The school log book indicates it was still operating in 1885, but by 1891 the Bishop Wilton Brickworks had ceased operation. We therefore have evidence to suggest that the Brickworks in Bishop Wilton started operating between 1854 and 1856 and closed sometime between 1885 and 1891. It is likely the Brickworks at Bishop Wilton was not economicThe Brick Field (Disused) off Pocklington Lane, after 1891 and the Sledmere Estate probably decidedas shown on the 1892 OS map. The hatching, to produce bricks an presumably, shows the area excavated. FrogW hy is the indentation in a brick called a frog? The internet website of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has a number of suggestions ranging from the possibility of the initial chance inclusion of a frog in a handmade brick to a derivation from frugal being a reference to the hollow made in a brick to economise on materials and weight.Any other suggestions?270 BULLETIN 15'