Elstree Brick Works ran from 1865 until 1915.
A notable feature was an aqueduct, used for draining water from Woodcock Hill to prevent the pits from flooding.
The brick works was sited next to the new railway and when the station building was in Allum Lane, it also led to the gates of the Elstree Brick & Tile Company.
After the finish of their industrial use, local historian Fred Hart described the scene:
"The deserted clay pits quickly filled with water and the whole place became overgrown with vegetation which included many beautiful wild flowers, bulrushes and little white water plants. It was not long before nature took possession; for there were many snakes, frogs and wild fowl, and where there are water fowl, there must be fish’.
It became used for swimming and fishing by locals before modern housing replaced the water.
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Elstree Brick Works ran from 1865 until 1915.
