Found by Gordon Wyle in Alva, Stirlingshire.
Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
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Many thanks to Vladimir Smirnov for the following information. This Bald brick should be manufactured by Alexander Bald, Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. It was found in St Petersburg, Russia. All known bricks marked BALD are accompanied by the initial ‘A’ – A. BALD. However in this example the word BALD appears to be…
Found Alloa. Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire Note the frog corners are scalloped. . . .
This ‘A Bald Alloa’ brick is believed to have been found by Martin, in New South Wales, Australia. – source Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. . . . .
Found by Dr.-Ing. Ralph Bodenstein, Koordination Archaeological Heritage Network (ArcHerNet) – Präsidialbereich, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Podbielskiallee 69-71, 14195 Berlin. Dr Bodenstein states – “I have found bricks bearing the stamp “A. BALD, ALLOA” in Cairo, Egypt. They were used to line the interior of the smokestack of the historical (and now completely derilict) gun foundry at the Cairo Citadel. I found…
01/01/1824 – The Scots Magazine – Glasgow – There have been a great many additions built to the old cotton mills in Glasgow this summer besides the new ones erected in various parts of the city. One of the mills is calculated to cost £40,000. This has been altogether an unprecedented year of building. Masons,…
In 2016, during the refurbishment of the McEwan Hall, Teviot Place, Edinburgh by Interserve Construction, I was lucky enough to be given a guided tour of the building and paying particular attention to the lower service areas which were constructed of brick. The McEwan Hall is the graduating hall of the University of Edinburgh, in…
This example was found on a carvel built ship, wrecked on the west coast in the Northern part of Denmark in the North Sea close to shore. The wreck at this time is unidentified. However for a brick to be stamped A Bald, Alloa you are looking at a time span of 1810 – 1860….
The site appears to have been initially known as Craigward Brick and Tile Works as well as Alloa Brick and Tile Works. Canmore Info – Family connection? Sited close to the glassworks, and probably dates back to about 1750. An advertisement in the Stirling Journal of 20th July 1820 offers common brick at 30 shillings…
Found in Alloa Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. This example is a heavy floor tile. . . .
Found in Alva by Gordon Wyle. This is a large floor tile and very similar to the Alloa floor tiles – click me. Note the last ‘T’ is different to the rest of the letters in that it has serifs and the others do not. I do not believe Clayton & Cos is the tile…
