HG Matthews Brickworks was founded in 1923 by Henry George Matthews and has since been run by his family. It is now managed by his Grandson Jim Matthews. The Matthews brick can be seen in many of the houses in South Buckinghamshire. Almost all new build homes in the

Chiltern (district) Chiltern District was one of four local government districts of Buckinghamshire in south central England from 1974 to 2020. It was named after the Chiltern Hills on which the region sits. The main towns in the district were Amersham and Che ...

Council area are built of bricks from this small Brickyard. The firm specialises in traditional brickmaking. In 2010 Matthews started building a Wood Burning Kiln the aim of which has been to reduce the company's reliance on oil as fuel. HG Matthews is the largest employer in the village of

Bellingdon Bellingdon is a village in the civil parish of Chartridge (where the 2011 Census was included), in Buckinghamshire, England. The name derives from the Anglo Saxon ''Bellingdenu'' or Bella's Valley, and is recorded as ''Belenden'' in the 15th cen ...

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