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Brick making was big business in Chandler’s Ford A staggering total of 35 million were made in Chandler’s Ford for the building of the Law Courts in London, which opened in 1882. The manufacturer was Joseph Bull, whose statue is in the Law Courts quadrangle. The Houses of Parliament in Cape Town were also constructed of bricks from Chandler’s Ford. Chandler’s Ford Brickworks consisted of more than half a dozen yards that began manufacturing bricks in the 1870s. The location was perfect as clay was readily available nearby and the railway meant they could be transported across the nation quickly and easily.