while the Marston Vale site is being redeveloped for housing. As of 2010, the brick market stood at 1.5 billion, with Fletton brick accounting for less than 10 per cent. Italian influence Many Italian families from the southern regions of Apulia and Campania came to Bedford in the 1950s to work in the Stewartby brickworks in Marston Vale, and Peterborough to work in the Fletton brickworks. As well as Bedford and Peterborough, many Italian families also settled in Bletchley to work in its Newton Longville factory. Although not as many Italians settled in Bletchley as they did in Bedford or Peterborough, there is still a substantial community there. Indian community In addition to the Italian communities, workers from the Punjab region of India arrived in the 1950s and 1960s to work at the Stewartby brickworks. The majority of the Indians were from the Nawanshahr district of Punjab, and settled with their families in Bedford. A large number of Bangladeshi workers were continually recruited at the Newton Longville and Jubilee works during the 1960s to 1980s. They lived as a close-knit community, predominantly in Duncombe Street, Bletchley. Operations The company estimates that 5 million houses in the United Kingdom are built using Fletton brick. References Manufacturing companies established in 1900 Companies based in Peterborough Building materials companies of the United Kingdom Brick manufacturers Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange 1900 establishments in England