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“This huge expansion of the brickworks was matched by a
transformation of Wootton Pillinge. The Stewarts believed in
sharing the prosperity generated by the brickworks and transformed the
former hamlet into a model village for the 2000 workers now employed
at the brickworks. The first fifty houses were built in 1926, with
a memorial hall, general store and school following. As recognition
to its benefactor, the name of Wootton Pillinge disappeared, and the
village became known as Stewartby with the neighbouring brickworks now
similarly rechristened."
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Walking down the northern edge of the demolished kiln. © Simon Cornwell 2009
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