• D R Adam

    Found Paisley. D R Adam Paisley  – Daniel Rankine Adam – He and Robert Adam had a partnership and had brickworks at Belvidere, Glasgow and Love Street, Paisley and Inkerman, Paisley and Pollok (ck) Corkerhill, Glasgow and Nitshill, Glasgow and Rutherglen, Glasgow. . . .    

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  • Cleghorn

    Found Rispin Viaduct, Leadhills. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. . . . .      

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  • Caledonia

    Found by Eddie McLean in Glasgow. Caledonia Fireclay works, Paisley, Renfrewshire. . . . .

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  • Linwood

    Found Paisley. Linwood Brick Works, Paisley, Renfrewshire. . . . .  

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  • Rt Brown & Son Paisley

    Found Paisley. Note the tool marks left by a 3 pronged brick lifting tool. Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works and Caledonian Brick and Tile Works, Paisley. . . .    

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  • Clippens

    Found in Locherburn, Kilbarchan by Bill Spiers. Clippens Shale Oil Works and Brick Works, Renfrewshire and Pentland Oil Works, Loanhead, Edinburgh . . . .

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  • Nettle C

    Found Eildon, Scottish Borders 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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  • Thistle G

    Found Eildon, Scottish Borders by Nick Cranston. 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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  • Thistle – K

    Found Eildon, Scottish Borders. 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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  • Stein 40

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross. 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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  • Glenboig

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross 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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  • SBC

    Found at Wallyford, East Lothian. Scottish Brick Corporation. According to the Survey of Scottish Brick Marks, this dash code refers to the Niddrie Brickworks, Niddrie – see here Following nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, the National Coal Board (NCB) inherited a number of brickworks. Around 1969,  saw the NCB selling off its brickworks…

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  • Dykehead

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . .

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  • Dykehead

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . . Below – Virtually the same stamp on a special. Found Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire.

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  • Glenboig

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross 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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  • GEM

    Found at Manuel Works, Whitecross. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire or the Glenboig Union Fireclay Company which took over the Castlecary company and works in 1936 (Via General Refractories, Sheffield) and continued the ‘GEM’ and ‘Castlecary’ brand names. . . .  

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  • Castlecary

    Found at Manuel Works, Whitecross. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .    

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  • Castlecary Y12

    Found at Manuel Works, Whitecross. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .    

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  • 7111 Stein Glasgow S2

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross by Ian Suddaby This 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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  • Stein Ladle –

    Found at Stein Castlecary brick works 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. . Below – a similar stamp found by Gordon Wyle at the Manuel Works, Whitecross. The ‘dash’ is in a slightly…

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  • Stein Ladle 6

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross 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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  • William Cahoone – Luss, Scotland to Swansea, Massachusetts, USA

    I have added this due to the Scottish interest. 1673 – 1675 – The Cahoon Brickworks – Founded and operated by William Cahoone (Colquhoun) of Luss, Scotland, and Swansea, Massachusetts. William Colquhoun (Pronounced Ca-hoon) was perhaps the first Cahoon to come to the colonies. He was from Dunbartonshire, Scotland. His descendant live all across the…

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  • 4098 Stein Ladle

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross 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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  • Stein Ladle 4108

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross by Ian Suddaby 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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  • A-R Adamantine 2105

    Found at the Stein Manuel Works, Whitecross. Unidentified maker but the find location would suggest Scottish origins but … Strathkelvin District Libraries booklet entitled Garnkirk Fireclay by G Quail? On page 32 it states ” At least one firm gives special attention to what are known as Adamantine bricks. These are exceptionally hard. They are…

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  • Carron Iron Co Brickworks, Carron, Falkirk, Stirlingshire

    Carron Co, Carron, Falkirk, Stirlingshire Canmore Carron Company – Carron Co of Carron, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, iron founders. Telephone: 35, 36, 37 and 50. Telegraphic Address: “Carronade, Falkirk”. (1937) The Carron Company was an ironworks on the banks of the River Carron near Falkirk, in Stirlingshire. The factory of Roebuck, Garbett and Cadell was established on…

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  • William Dixon (1753-1822)

    Canmore William Dixon Limited, Glasgow. –  From ‘Captains of Industry’ by William S. Murphy. Published in 1901. When natives of Glasgow who have sojourned in a foreign land, for a number of years return home, they find the city they knew so well grown changed and strange. The wanderer revisits old familiar streets, and in many…

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  • Edinburgh 2

    Found Wallyford, East Lothian. Possibly Wallyford Brickworks, Musselburgh, East Lothian? This chamfered brick has been double stamped Edinburgh and in 2 different ‘fonts’ – the letter 2 is also stamped. Interestingly the second Edinburgh stamp is marked on both the flat face of the brick and the sloping chamfer. There is no “Edinburgh” brickworks but…

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  • B & M

    Found Wallyford, East Lothian. Found amongst a pile of old Preston Grange bricks Technically this is an unidentified brick – find location would suggest Scottish origins but … This mark could refer to Bell and Mclauchlan, Brick and Drain Tile maker, Shortroads, (Shortroods) Paisley but I believe red building brick was the main brick product manufactured…

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