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Mines in Hampshire

Hampshire's mineral is clay. The London Clay of the Hampshire Basin, weathered brown at the top and blue beneath, made the county one of the great brickmaking districts of southern England — Fareham reds went into buildings far beyond the county — and its extraction sites are claypits and brickworks rather than mines.

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MineWorkedCommodities
Buriton Chalk Pit c. 1860–1939 Chalk, Limestone
Bursledon Brickworks 1897–1974 Brick Clay
Old Burghclere Lime Quarry 1885–April 1938 Chalk

Record created: 25 August 2026 · Last researched: 25 August 2026

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