Castle Cary
— 13/11/2025Found by Ian Suddaby at Spittal Beach, Berwick. This example is not in my possession. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Note the thumbprint to the top right corner. . .
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Burnhead Brick and Tile Works, Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire
— 05/11/2025Burnhead Brick and Tile Works, Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire. Potentially also known as Muirhead or Draffanmuir or Biggar. See also the Burnhead Tileworks which was located in the same Parish! Below – 1858 – Burnhead Brick and Tile Works.
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Southfield Tile Works, Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire
— 05/11/2025Southfield Tile Works, Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire Possibly known as Southfield Park. . . . Below – 1858 – Southfield Tile Works, Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire.
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Scottish bricks found in Canada
— 18/10/2025The following bricks were found by Heather Harris. Heather states – I am located in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and there is a beach site in our capital, Charlottetown, that is covered in bricks and other building debris. The location formerly housed a hospital, called Falconwood, which was built in the 1870s as an asylum. Sadly,…
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Rawyards Glasgow brick found in Chile
— 11/10/2025Found by Manfred Soto Diaz in Chile. Manfred states – I found some bricks here in Tierra del Fuego, specifically at Estancia Vicuña. Rawyards, Glasgow – Rawyards Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. . . .
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Glenboig Special A
— 11/10/2025Found by Martyn Fretwell in the Sheffield area. This example is not in my possession. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire
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Dura Irvin
— 11/10/2025Found and donated by Chris Hawksworth in West Ayrshire. Doura spelt without an ‘O’ and Irvine without an ‘E’! Why the alternative spelling and missing letters? Doura Fire Clay Works, Doura, Kilwinning, Ayr. .
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Stein Glasgow brick found in Argentina
— 29/09/2025Found by Germán Stoessel in Estancia Solano next to Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina. Germán states – Eighty-five years ago, that place had a kiln for making cement. It also had a railroad and a nascent oil industry. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor…
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Morningside brick found in Canada
— 29/09/2025Found in Gaspé, Québec, Canada by Josée Lemire. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . .
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Bonnybridge Brand brick found in Cyprus
— 16/09/2025Found by Louise Cathro-Dickson in Cyprus. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works in 1973 and closed Chapelhall in 1980. Therefore between 1972…
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2 Glenbarry
— 16/09/2025Many thanks to Vladimir Smirnov for the following information. Vladimir states – Unfortunately, there is practically no information about this find. The brick was found in the excavation waste in the downtown area of St.Petersburg, Russia. It is in the possession of Pavel Ilatowsky, the brick collector from the Karelia region. The manufacturer of this…
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AP Slag
— 12/09/2025Many thanks to Trevor Hill, who photographed this brick at Barrow Hill, Pensnett, West Midlands. These bricks are not in my possession. APSLAG -The manufacturer is uncertain but the bricks may have been made by the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. using Scottish shale oil slag. . . . Below – 07/03/1934 – Yorkshire Post – It…
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Thistle brick found in New Zealand.
— 28/08/2025Found by Jeremy Holding at Dunedin Harbour, South Island, New Zealand. Thistle brick – Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire Interestingly, although the ‘Todd’ brick was manufactured in New Zealand, Thomas Todd was…
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Gartcraig brick found in Canada
— 28/08/2025Found by Lou Coletti. Lou states – Here is a photo of a brick I found, last spring at low water, at the old CPR shipyard in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. The shipyard operated from the 1890s to about 1960s. Several sternwheelers for travel on Kootenay Lake were assembled there in the early days Gartcraig…
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Gartcraig brick found in Canada
— 28/08/2025Found by Karen Haggetton on the Northumberland Strait near Cape John, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
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Gartcraig brick found in Canada
— 24/07/2025Found by Laura Lea and Ian Wallingford while on vacation in St Martin, New Brunswick, Canada on the Bay of Fundy. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
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Bonnybridge brick found in Russia
— 10/07/2025Found by Leonid Semushin in Arkhangelsk, Russia. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works in 1973 and closed Chapelhall in 1980. Therefore between…
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G & A Scotland brick found in Canada
— 10/07/2025Found by Danielle Gustafson in an old cottage on the shores of the Bay of Fundy in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. The maker is unidentified. The brickmark would suggest Scottish origins but … There is the distinct possibility that this fire brick was manufactured in Scotland for an overseas customer and that the G &…
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Gartcraig brick found in Canada
— 02/07/2025Found by Martin Somermaa. Martin states – I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and recently unearthed this brick in the backyard while replacing a fence. The back of the property borders what is now known as the Canadian National rail line. In the late 1800’s it was known as the Grand Trunk Railway line which…
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Gartcraig Scotland brick found in Canada
— 22/06/2025Many thanks to Andrew Davis for sending this photograph. These bricks form part of the chimney in his house which is believed to be at least 100 years old. The house is situated in Newfoundland, Canada. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . .
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Blochairn brick found in Russia
— 22/06/2025This brick is in the possession of Vladimir Smirnov and was found in the St Petersburg area. Blochairn Sand and Fire Clay Co, Blochairn, Glasgow. . . . .
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Thistle brick found in Sweden
— 04/06/2025Found by Jörgen Everklint in Strängnäs, Sweden. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire .
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B W Dods Claythorne Partick
— 01/06/2025Found by Ben Fallon in the Glasgow area. This example is not in my possession. Claythorn Brick and Tile Works, Crow Road, Partick, Glasgow. (Claythorn or Claythorne?) . .
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St Rollox Scotland brick found in Canada
— 18/05/2025This was found somewhere in Canada by Carl Larouche, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada. St Rollox Brickworks, Glasgow. . . . .
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1887 Thistle
— 18/05/2025This is in the possession of Wayne Daniells and was found in the Iron Bridge, Shropshire area in the early 1990’s. This example is not in my possession. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge,…
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8707 Stein Mullite 6 M
— 23/04/2025Found by Ian Suddaby on the site of the old Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire . .
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GR Stein Refractories Ltd and Borstal Youth Detention Centre
— 23/04/2025The following items were found by Ian Suddaby on the site of the Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross. Ian states – Excavations during development work within the 1970s made ground at Manuel Brickworks in Central Scotland continue to turn up interesting information and history. Much of the paperwork dug up in early March turned out to be records…
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DPG 0C 26
— 23/04/2025Found by Ian Suddaby at the Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. Although the manufacturer is unknown, there is little doubt that it would have been made on site. Ian states – It’s 9″ long and tapers from 4″ to 2¾ left to right. Unusually, it also tapers from 4 to…
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Gilmour & Co Kilmarnock brick found in the USA
— 23/04/2025Found by Daniel den Hollander and Peter Greendyk. Peter states – On a recent field trip to an old iron furnace site, Split Rock Furnaces, in Boonton Township, New Jersey, Morris County, USA, a student spotted the remnants of a Gilmour and Kilmarnock brick near the base of the furnace. I could find none other…
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