Brick Tax 1784 -1850
— 20/06/2015A brick tax was first proposed in 1756 but was rejected and again in 1778. However, at the end of the
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Brickmarks – Possible reasons for reversed letters and misspelling.
— 07/04/2017When examining brickmarks it soon became evident that many letters were reversed. The letters ‘S’
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Byre ventilation
— 21/09/2015On a recent visit to Drum Farm, Bonnybridge, Scotland I came across 2 interesting modes of ventilating
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Callendar Brick and Fireclay Co – Roll Briquette Fireback
— 21/08/2015Callendar Brick and Fireclay Co Ltd, Falkirk – Roll Briquette Fireback Sole manufacturers for Scotland
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Clay samples
— 20/04/2018These kindly donated by Tam Moffet who found them during the demolition of the Etna Brickworks, West
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Clay shale land drains, Red Burn, East Lothian
— 23/04/2020Article by Ian Suddaby. The Red Burn in East Lothian is barely moving just now (22/04/2020) but it’s
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Clinker bricks
— 18/06/2020Below – 18/03/1863 – Glasgow Morning Journal – Houses for the working classes –
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Code words of John G Stein – 1936
— 31/10/2014Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works,
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Cork bricks laid in Caledonian Station, Edinburgh
— 31/12/201809/01/1897 – Dundee Advertiser – Cork Pavement for the Waverley Station. —The contract
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Craigend Bricks of Prey
— 30/12/2014Canmore Info Craigend Brickworks Ltd was established in 1938 on the site of the drift mine at Craigend,
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Dalbeattie brick kiln ghost
— 31/08/2014Dalbeattie has a ghost story – A desperately sad tale of the brick kiln that stood near the bottom
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Director of Bricks for Scotland
— 23/04/201805/09/1941 – Carluke and Lanark Gazette – To control bricks – Mr Lockhart W Hutson,
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Doura by Ardrossan
— 17/01/2020(Note – SBH – If anyone has any information on Corporal Smith and his connection with Ayrshire,
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Duvoisin – P & M Hurll connection.
— 01/10/2017Emile Francois Duvoisin (Born Yverdon 06/09/1852 – 1937). P & M Hurll, Gartliston and Garnqueen
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E.J Woodison & Co, Detroit, Michegan, USA
— 10/10/2017Following consultation with Moses Jenkins, HES, it is believed that bricks marked Woodison Steel (and
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Early reference to the use of bing waste for making composition bricks.
— 23/06/201717/04/1865 – Glasgow Herald – To let – several large and extensive waste hills in
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Early references to fire brick manufacture in the UK
— 16/07/20201776 – 1847 – William Weston Young (1776–1847) Quaker Entrepreneur of Bristol and Glamorganshire;
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Evidence of poor quality bricks and misfiring within the kiln.
— 10/12/2017Below – A brick showing the irregularities caused by a stone in the mix. This was found near Jedburgh
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Examples of early Scottish brick exports to Australia
— 04/11/201519/01/1843 – The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW – Gilchrist and Alexander, 1 George Street,
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Feature walls built with duplicate old bricks
— 23/08/2018During the process of collecting bricks for my collection, I come across many duplicates. The following
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Fire arch construction.
— 28/04/2018In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the
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Fire brick with glass deposits
— 27/03/2018This unmarked firebrick was found at the Baileyfield Glass Works, Portobello and kindly donated to my
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Forth brick found on the shipwreck of the SS Politician off the coast of Scotland.
— 08/12/2016Found by Craig Muirhead on 17/09/2012. Craig is a keen scuba diver and was diving on the wreck of the
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Foxley’s patent beaded bricks for gardens.
— 28/04/2020Foxley’s patent beaded bricks for gardens. It appears from the details below that these bricks
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Garden structures
— 16/07/2018These old stamped Scottish bricks are full of character and history. I have had some of my duplicates
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Gartcraig bricks on the shipwreck of the ‘Loch Shiel’ at Milford Haven, Wales
— 02/11/201630/01/1894 – SV Loch Shiel sinks at Milford Haven, Wales. 1.277 ton fully-rigged iron sailing ship,
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General Refractories Limited, Sheffield, England
— 25/07/2015General Refractories Limited, Sheffield, England and Scottish connections. Below – 1930‘s
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George Mossman and Alexander Thomson, Sculptors
— 30/03/2017George Mossman (1823 – 1863) – A close friend and associate of Alexander ‘Greek’
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