A short branch ran north from Commondale railway station to connect the brickworks to the main railway line.

The brickworks was opened in 1861 by Stokesley printer John Pratt, before passing into the hands of the Crossley family in 1873, who operated it until 1947.

The bridge abutments still stand although the deck of the bridge is gone. The stonework is covered in a number of different masons marks