Scottish bricks found by Vladimir Smirnov, St Petersburg, Russia

The following article is based on the Scottish bricks found by Vladimir Smirnov in and around his home in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Vladimir has managed to collect a fascinating collection of Scottish bricks and bizarrely, a good few of them appear to have never surfaced, as yet, in their Country of origin.

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St Petersburg

Below – Youngs and Young – Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire.

Youngs

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Young

Below – Newton – likely to be Newton Brickworks, Blantyre, Lanarkshire.

Newton

Below – Fire Clay Works Heathfield (although brickmark is not clear) – Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire.

Below – Glenyards – Glenyards Fireclay Works, Glenyards, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.

Glenyards

Below – Glenboig – Glenboig Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.

Glenboig

Below – JD Starworks Glenboig – Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.

Starworks Glenboig

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Starworks Glenboig

Below – Fire Brick Works Gartliston – Gartliston Brickworks, Glenboig.

Fire brick works Gartliston

Below – Gartcosh – Gartcosh Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire.

Gartcosh

Below – Garnkirk Warranted/Garnkirk – Patent on reverse/Garnkirk – Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Lanarkshire.

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Garnkirk

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Patent

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Garnkirkk

Below – Edmonstone Patent – Edmonstone Brickworks, Millerhill, Edinburgh

Edmonstone Patent

Below – Dougall – Dougall’s Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.

Dougall

Below – Clackmannan 1872 – Clackmannan Brick and Tile Works, Clackmannan.

Below – Castlecary – Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire.

Castlecary

Below – Patrick & Brownlie Crown Brand – Patrick & Brownlie, Crown Fireclay Works, Glasgow.

 

Below – Bonnyrigg Patent – Maker not confirmed but believed to be Eldin Colliery Company or Lothian Coal Company.

Bonnyrigg Patent

Below – Bonnybridge Brand  –  Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.

Bonnybridge Brand

Below – Bonnybridge –  Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.

Bonnybridge

Below – Atlas –  Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian.

Atlas

Below – Arniston – Arniston Coal Lime & Brickworks, Gorebridge, Midlothian.

Arniston

Below – Alloa and A Bald, Alloa x 2.

Alloa

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A Bald

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A Bald

Below – Cumbernauld

Cumbernauld (640x480)

Below – Morningside Altos

Morninside Atlos found St Petersburg

Below – Fordell – Fordel Brick and Tile Works, St Davids Harbour, Fifeshire.

Bute  – This is not a Scottish produced brick but I have included it for interest’s sake. Produced at the Bute Colliery Brickworks at High Spen in the Derwent Valley, these firebricks are often assumed to be of Scottish manufacture. Garesfield Collieries, the original owners of the pit, were firmly a Tyneside based concern, the Scottish connection being that the Mineral Rights were owned by the Marquis of Bute, the bricks were therefore named accordingly, and helped differentiate the products of their various operations

Bute

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