Hathernware
of Loughborough
See G. A. Hodson
The story of Hathern Station Brick Company started with the discovery of clay suitable for making common and facing bricks when the railway was being built in 1840 George Hodson bought the site in 1874 and brickmaking started and continued on the site until 1939 when Hathernware Ltd decided to concentrate upon terracotta and chemical stoneware production.[1]
1939 'The architects' choice of Hathernware Faience has resulted in pleasing elevations to the frontages of Huntingdon street and Howard-street The main colour of the Faience is cream, with the base in granite-coloured Faience and the lettering in green'[2]
1991 Part of Ibstock Building Products.[3]
1998 'Ibstock Hathernware Ltd which makes architectural terracotta on the outskirts of Sutton Bonington'[4]