Found Newcastle upon Tyne. Produced at the Adams-Pict Firebrick Works at Swalwell, (the site of the earlier Ramsay works on the River Derwent, a tributary of the Tyne and some three miles west of Gateshead), these (INSO) insulating bricks were produced from a mixture of clay, sawdust and diatomite, (a soft, siliceous, sedimentary rock, easily…
Read moreFound Newcastle upon Tyne. T.Blythe Birtley Station, Co Durham – 1933 brick – end stamp . . . .
Read moreFound Newcastle upon Tyne. Unidentified as yet. Note the oversized ‘A’ and it does not have serifs like the other letters. . . .
Read moreFound at Newburn, Newcastle. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .
Read moreFound Auchenheath, South Lanarkshire Cityside Brick, Pipe and Fireclay Works, Greenhill, Glasgow. . . .
Read moreFound Newcastle upon Tyne. Unknown manufacturer but the Registered Design Number 804561 is the same as that which is often stamped on similar electricity cable covers manufactured by the Callender Cable and Construction Co Ltd, Erith, London. . . . . Below – 2 X similar covers of different sizes. Note the ‘pimples’ to either…
Read moreFound Newmains, Morningside, North Lanarkshire Winchburgh Brickworks, Winchburgh, West Lothian . . . .
Read moreFound Bo’ness. Manufacturer unknown. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but … Note the ‘misstamped’ small letter ‘T’. . . Gary Buckham sums up – All these bricks were found at the same location, on the shore at Prestonpans, East Lothian. There is a place called Gartartan to the south of Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire. With…
Read moreFound Barrhead, Glasgow. Unidentified maker. The name is Scottish in appearance but its origins are in doubt. Possibility – There is a Scotia & Sneyd Green Brick & Marl Co Ltd, Scotia Bank, Tunstall, close to the site of the old Scotia Colliery. This company is listed in the 1907 trade directory. Link to Tarboats photo of…
Read moreManuel Works, Whitecross, Linlithgow, Stirlingshire. 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 – Brick sign at the entrance to the works. Canmore Information by David Leask Information – Falkirk Community Trust. 02/1928 –…
Read moreFound at Castlecary Fireclay and Limeworks, Castlecary 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 but with 2 x horizontal lines to the left. This was found by Gordon…
Read moreFound Bo’ness, Firth of Forth. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. Note the raised lettering. . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick found in Dumfries. Note the linear lines which cover both sides of the brick. . Below – I believe the following 3, shaped Cleghorn bricks all bear this same stamp, although…
Read moreFound Auchenheath, South Lanarkshire Brick has the word ‘patent’ on rear Robert Bell, Wishaw Collieries & Brick Works and Broxburn Shale Oil, Coal & Brick Works . . . .
Read moreFound Newcastleton by Brian Wardell. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below -A very similar mark but on a slightly curved circle brick. Note the larger distance between the ‘D’ and the ‘R’ in order to accommodate the stamp screw heads. Below – the same stamp on a red clay brick as…
Read moreFound Bo’ness, Firth of Forth. Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. . . . Below – The same mark and confirmation of the lettering. Found in the Glasgow area. Below – The same mark on a chamfered end brick found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. . Below –…
Read moreFound on the Firth of Clyde, Glasgow. Newton Brickworks, Blantyre, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Read moreFound Bo’Ness, Firth of Forth. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Note the textured finish to one side. . . Below – The same stamp on a textured brick found in Glasgow. Note that the round ended frog is itself within what appears…
Read moreFound Hawick, Scottish Borders. Hurlford Fireclay Works, Galston Road, Hurlford, Ayrshire. . . . . Below- The same stamp on a brick with a void running from the frog to left hand side. Found by Gordon Wyle in Northumbria. Below – A very similar stamp but the 2 rows of letters do not quite align as…
Read moreFound Jedburgh, Scottish Borders J & M Craig, Perceton Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . . . . Below – Same brickmark but on a 1″ deep slip – Found Perceton Fire Clay Works Below – Same brickmark but on a 4″ deep brick with different corners to the frog. Found Perceton Fire Clay Works Below …
Read moreFound Straiton, Edinburgh Wallyford Brickworks, Musselburgh, East Lothian. . . . .
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