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have ROCKINGHAM WORKS MEXBRO in a garland or 
garter running round BAGULEY in the middle, all printed in red. 
Mr. Heald says : “ I passed his little shop daily for many years, 
and remember his signboard in big letters, 
A. Baguley, Rockingham Works. 
On the death of Mr. Baguley the business was discontinued. He 
was quite an artist in his profession, and personally was a kind 
and genial man. He appreciated very much the privilege of fixing 
his ware as stated, for which firing only a nominal charge was 
made, and a few years before his death, he, wishing to tender an 
acknowledgment of my help—I hope I may put this without 
egotism—very kindly gave me the recipe for the old Rockingham 
glaze, as made by the Bramelds, and afterwards by his father and 
himself.” 
After the Rockingham works were closed in 1842, the flint mill 
in connection with the same was carried on for a year or two by 
one of the Brameld family, and later it came into the hands of 
James Parker, a former workman of Brameld’s, by whom the flint 
grinding was continued till 1887, the ground flint being sold to 
different potteries in the district. 
I. and I. Walker were the next to take over the flint mill business, 
but only had it for about twelve months, when they gave it up, 
and the works have remained entirely closed since then. A few 
years ago the engines, boilers, and flint milling machinery were 
demolished and sold as scrap iron. 
The place, although situated in a beautifully wooded part of 
Swinton Common within three or four miles of Wentworth House, 
presents a ruinous, and considering its past renown, a sad spectacle. 
Whatever its position as a manufactory may have been considered 
in the past, it is now unsuitable for such a purpose, being quite 
isolated from the river and railways. One interesting remnant of 
the works is still in existence, this is the outer shell of one of the 
largest kilns, and is in a good state of preservation. It has been 
converted into a small pox isolation hospital, and was used as 
such some years ago. Plates of this and the flint mill, both of 
which I photographed in 1908, are reproduced. 
James Montgomery the poet, and the Bramelds were great 
friends. 
As before mentioned, up to the year 1825, the works were known 
as the Swinton Pottery, and after that date as the Rockingham 
