Found at West Wemyss. Lochhead Dunfermline to front. Bourtreehill Kilmarnock to rear. The Bourtreehill Fireclay Company had works at Bourtreehill Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire and the Lochhead Fireclay Works, Dunfermline. . . .
Read moreFound in Fife by Tam Moffet. Wemyss Brick Co. Various works in the Aberhill, Denbeath and Methil areas of Fife. . . . .
Read moreThe following were all found near Eshott and Bockenfield Northumbria. The manufacturer of each is unknown but more than likely they will be products of Northumbrian tileworks. . . . Below – 13″ x 3″ outside diameter . Below – 12 1/2″ long, 3″ x 3″. This is very misshapen and also sports a thumb…
Read moreFound at Eshott, Northumbria by Brian Wardell. Horseshoe drainage tile marked ‘Drain’. It was marked ‘drain’ to ensure it avoided the brick tax and thus can be dated 1826 – 1850. Measuring 12″ x 5″ x 5″ . . . Below – Some bricks were also stamped drain as in this example. Some fascinating info…
Read moreMuirhouselaw Brick and Tile Works, St Boswells. Canmore Archaeological Notes NT62NW 49 623 275 This brick & tile works does not appear on the Muirhouselaw farm plan of 1841 (NT62NW 68, see B78643) although it is shown on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (Roxburghshire, 1859, sheet XIV) and is described as the “Old Muirhouselaw Tileworks”…
Read moreFound Paisley. Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. . . .
Read moreFound Paisley. Blantyreferme Brickworks, near Uddingston. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick found near High Blantyre. Note the reversed ‘N’ and apostrophe. .
Read moreFound in Paisley. Broomhouse Brickworks, Broomhouse, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Read moreFound Old Niddrie brickworks, Cleikimin, Edinburgh. The slight variation below has an ‘underscore’. 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…
Read moreFound in Paisley. 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 and 1980, GR-Stein…
Read moreFound Paisley Frankfield Brickworks, Earnside St, Shettleston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Read moreFound Paisley Mayfield Brickworks, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Newmains Fireclay Works, Morningside, Lanarkshire, Stepends Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. .
Read moreFound Stein Castlecary, Bonnybridge. Note the ‘L’ appear to have a piece missing – broken stamp. 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.
Read moreDecorated brick found in a 200-year-old cottage in Charente, France by Martin Nickolls. However, the bricks may have originated elsewhere as they appear too ornate for the cottage. Any ideas as to the brickworks. . . .
Read moreFound Paisley Speirs Gibb & Co, Caledonia Fireclay Works, Paisley. . . . . Below – and this bull nose version with the same mark – also found in Paisley.
Read moreFound Paisley. Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a chimney pot seen by Ian Suddaby in Edinburgh. Below – The same stamp on a section of garden edging in the possession of Christine Matthews in Newtyle, Angus. Only one section was actually stamped….
Read moreFound Firth of Clyde. Port Glasgow Hurlford Fireclay Works, Galston Road, Hurlford, Ayrshire . . . .
Read moreFound by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow Area. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow. Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow. .
Read moreFound by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Robert Corbet & Sons, Newlands Brickworks, Westthorn, Glasgow . . . .
Read moreBorders brick and tile works are few and far between. The Borders didn’t have a coal industry, therefore, it didn’t have the waste product from the mines and thus no brickworks sprung up utilising this mainly Central belt, asset. There was the occasional clay seam or deposit but these were very localised and sporadic. I…
Read moreFound by Andrew Wood in the Stirlingshire area. Alloa Coal Co Ltd – Meta Brickworks, Fishcross, Clackmannanshire. . . . .
Read moreFound at Heathfield Fire Clay works by Bill Cranston. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . . .
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