Found by Richard Comish at Millom, Cumbria.
Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Alternative brickworks include:
BNR – Very likely stands for Bengal Nagpur Railway, India. Click me.
Found by Ian Suddaby around the Inner Bay at Inverkeithing in Fife Ian states – A Glenboig 24A square slab. I’m not sure what these were used for and leaving aside the slight differences in the way the letters are stamped, the 24 part is interesting. Lots of 24 stamped slabs have been found around…
Found by Ian Suddaby at Westfield, West Lothian. I am not in possession of this example. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Many thanks to Mark Schulze for the following 4 photographs taken in 2020 and information. Mark states – This brick stack (Starworks J*D Glenboig) is in Discovery Hut on Ross Island, Antarctica, where I worked for the last few months. British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott built the hut just after the turn of the…
Found by Ian Suddaby at the site of the old Boghead Brickworks. This example is not in my possession. Boghead Fireclay Works, Bathgate, West Lothian. The origins of ‘RH & Co’ are unknown. It is not thought that the initials stand for any one-time owner of the company. There is a small fly in the…
The following bricks were found in and around the Melbourne area of Victoria, Australia. They were found by Mark Fleming and they are in the possession of Philip Lehocz, an Australian brick collector. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. and Blochairn Sand and Fire Clay Co, Blochairn, Glasgow. and Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig,…
Photographed at the Andromeda Botanic Gardens in Barbados by Barney Corrigan. The manufacturer is unknown but it is highly likely to have been made at Etna or Atlas as similar bricks have been found on site. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: West Works, Armadale, West Lothian….
Found at the old Etna and Atlas Brickworks site. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: West Works, Armadale, West Lothian. The manufacturer is unknown but it is highly likely to have been made at Etna or Atlas. WTH & Co is likely the name of an unknown…
Found at the old Etna and Atlas Brickworks site. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: West Works, Armadale, West Lothian. The manufacturer is unknown but it is highly likely to have been made at Etna or Atlas. If the stamp is symmetrical then there are 2 letters…
Found at the old Etna and Atlas Brickworks site. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: West Works, Armadale, West Lothian. The manufacturer is unknown but it is highly likely to have been made at Etna or Atlas. Oro is either a trademark or the name of an…
Found at the old Etna and Atlas Brickworks site. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: West Works, Armadale, West Lothian. The manufacturer is unknown but it is highly likely to have been made at Etna or Atlas. During is either a trademark or the name of an…
