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Further information on talk by Ian West on 04 December 2008 Ian West is a surveyor who has specialised for over thirty years in the restoration of historic buildings.   Although the Romans had brickworks in Surrey, the manufacture of bricks in the county then lapsed and was not revived until mediaeval times.   Ian's talk will cover the production of bricks and their use in building design up to the abolition of the brick tax in 1841.