Thos King & Co Bellside
— 26/04/2014Found Hawick, Scottish Borders. Thomas King & Co, Bellside Brickworks, Bellside, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – The same stamp found on a bullnose example found in Glasgow by Eddie McLean
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SBC
— 26/04/2014Found Jedburgh, Scottish Borders. Scottish Brick Corporation. 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 with the Scottish Brick Corporation (SBC) taking over most of them, some 33 sites in Scotland. The SBC then started using…
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Nettle
— 26/04/2014Found 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. . Below – the same plain stamp on a special found at The Manuel Works, Whitecross. . Below – the same mark found…
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W. Hunter & Co, Patent, Portobello
— 26/04/2014Found Jedburgh, Scottish Borders. William Hunter & Co, (Patent) Westbank Brick & Tile Works, Portobello. . . . .
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Newbattle
— 26/04/2014Found Jedburgh, Scottish Borders. Newbattle Brickworks, Newtongrange, Midlothian. . . . . Below – A very similar stamp on a round ended frog. Found Manuel Works, Whitecross (fly-tipping). Below – A very similar stamp on a frog with scalloped corners. Found By Ian Suddaby in the Dalkeith area. This example is not in my possession….
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Hurll Glasgow
— 26/04/2014Found Firth of Clyde, Glasgow. Note the thumb print. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. .
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Boghead Glasgow
— 26/04/2014Found St Boswells, Scottish Borders. Boghead Fireclay Works, Bathgate, West Lothian. . . . . Below – A very similar stamp on a brick which was found by Ian Suddaby at Portobello. Below – A very similar stamp on a special brick found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. There is a groove or…
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Geipel
— 25/04/2014Found on River Tyne, Newcastle. (Is it Ceipel or Geipel). Arthur Brickman comments: Similar bricks appear on Tyneside and I believe them to be of Dutch manufacture. In the early 1900s, a German patented Coal to Oil plant with associated Coking Ovens was built at Blaydon on the Tyne, in the vicinity of the Cowen…
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Auchenheath
— 25/04/2014Found Auchenheath, South Lanarkshire. Many thanks to John Ballantyne for his assistance with regards finding this brick. Auchenheath Tile & Brickworks, Auchenheath, South Lanarkshire. . . . .
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