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Question:I have recently been look up my ancestors and have found that my great great grandfather James Godward at the tender age of 18 was a Brickfield Labourer but I'm not sure what that is. I have Wikipedia/googled it and apart from telling me that other people where one (and from all round the country, because I thought it might have been a company) it's not told me what one was exactly. Any body got any thoughts on the subject?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I have recently been look up my ancestors and have found that my great great grandfather James Godward at the tender age of 18 was a Brickfield Labourer but I'm not sure what that is. I have Wikipedia/googled it and apart from telling me that other people where one (and from all round the country, because I thought it might have been a company) it's not told me what one was exactly. Any body got any thoughts on the subject?

He labored in a brick yard.

Brickfield Hill is a small hill in inner city Sydney, Australia maybe he worked as a labourer there

Hi brickfields were where bricks were made. see for a brief run down.http://www.lhi.org.uk/projects_directory...
Your ancestor was probally one of the people who did the various non specific jobs mixing carrying etc.

Peter