by the early seventeenth century there was a lot of small brick and tile making companies and during this time pieces of common land were given for house building and small businesses. by the early eighteenth century brick making had been extended and four shops and one or two drinking houses were established on the common. brickmaking by hand still happened until very recently, by keymer tiles (formerly the keymer brick and tile company) whose tiles can be found in buildings such as st. james church, piccadilly and manchester central station (now g-mex).