Found by Tam Moffet in Fife.
Unidentified maker
Find location would suggest Scottish origins but …
This may represent Fleming & Moritz, Brick and Tile Maker, Atlas and Armadale Brickworks, Bathgate, although why they would use the ‘X’ instead of an ‘&’ is unknown.
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Below – This F X L brick was found by Steven by Steven Tait in the Co Durham area. This is believed to be a variation of ‘F & L’ – Ferens & Love Brickworks, Cornsay Colliery, Co Durham. This adds weight to the assumption above that the ‘&’ was sometimes substituted with an ‘X’.
Found among flytipping at the Darngavil Brickworks, Scotland. This stamp is believed to represent Robert Fleming & Co, Calder and Carnbroe Brickworks, Nr Glasgow. . . . . Below – This is the same stamp on a brick found by Ian Suddaby very near to the site of the Calder Fireclay Brickworks. (Note SBH –…
Armadale Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian aka Mount Pleasant Brickworks. Canmore – The works are described viz:- Armadale, Mount Pleasant Brickworks aka Bathville. Below – 18/03/1865 – Glasgow Herald. Armadale Firebrick Company for sale. 08/07/1876 – West Lothian Courier – The late drowning. A correspondent writes stating that a number of errors occurred in our account…
The Calder Fireclay Company was founded in 1880 by Robert Fleming & Co with a brickworks at Armadale. The Company was reconstructed in 1892 as the Calder Fireclay Co and passed into the control of the Paine family who erected a brickworks 2 miles south-east of Airdrie near the Carnbroe Iron Works. They also worked…
Found in the Ayrshire/Lanarkshire area by John (Ian) Jones, Ayrshire. Calder Fireclay Co., Coatbridge. Telephone, Coatbridge 54 ; teleg. add., “Atlas, Coatbridge”. . . . . Below – Ian Suddaby found these two at the Lugars Iron Works site, East Ayrshire. Ian states “The bricks are the same size but they’re hand stamped and the…
Calder Fireclay Co, Calder Brickworks, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire. (The 1985 publication ‘A survey of Scottish brickmarks’ states the address for the company is Calder Fireclay Brickworks, Greenend, Airdrie). The Calder Fireclay Company was founded in 1880 by Robert Fleming & Co with a brickworks at Armadale. The Company was reconstructed in 1892 as the Calder…
Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. Canmore These works were situated directly East of the Etna Brickworks and they are the older of the two. It was started by Robert Fleming of Coatbridge and Mr Kopel Moritz. Info 1882 – Fleming & Moritz, Brick and Tile Maker, Atlas and Armadale Brickworks, Bathgate. 05/01/1885 – Aberdeen…
Below – 05/11/1878 – Edinburgh Gazette – Murray and Moritz, Bathgate – partnership dissolved. 1882 – Fleming & Moritz, Brick and Tile Maker, Atlas and Armadale Brickworks, Bathgate. 07/01/1882 – Aberdeen Press and Journal – Materials for the gas works ( Aberdeen?). The following tenders have been accepted for the supply of materials in connection…
01/08/1885 – Lanarkshire Upper Ward Examiner – Carnbroe. Alarming gig accident at Brewsterford – On Monday night, Mr Robert Fleming, brick manufacturer, residing at Sweethill Farm, Carnbroe, was returning to that place in a gig, along with his coachman, John Watson. When passing Calder Iron Works the horse shied at the whistle of a train…
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Calder Fireclay Co., Coatbridge. Telephone, Coatbridge 54; Teleg add., “Atlas, Coatbridge”. . . . Below – Note the double border around the frog. Below – Mystery slot from the right side of the frog to the margin. Possible use is for keying in the mortar. Below –…
