Found Old Niddrie brickworks, Cleikimin, Edinburgh.
This is not in my possession.
Note the thumb print.
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 Refractories probably continued to manufacture bricks with this trademark for a time.
This example was found in Edinburgh and is in the possession of Ian Suddaby. This is not in my possession. Unusually for a firebrick, one stretcher face has a rough finish and the other is smooth. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic…
Found by Ian Suddaby at Charlestown, Fife. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Thumbprint to bottom left. . . .
Found by Tassiane Freitas in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Tassiane states – “This brick was found in the backyard of my house in Arroio dos Ratos. It was probably removed from the building of the old thermoelectric power plant in the city (The first one in Brazil, which is 1924 and was dismantled in…
Found at Drum Farm, Bonnybridge. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Note the thumbprint to top right. .
Found at Drum Farm, Bonnybridge. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but… It was found among a large pile of Bonnybridge stamped bricks as manufactured by the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd. There were also a small number of bricks in the pile as manufactured by James Dougall, Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge. It…
Found at Drum Farm, Bonnybridge. 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…
Found at Drum Farm, Bonnybridge. 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…
Found by Tucker Kennedy in Ayrshire. 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…
Found by Tucker Kennedy in Ayrshire. 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…
Found by Ian Suddaby on the banks of the tidal River Dee below the site of the Ferryhill Foundry, Aberdeen. 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…
