The following were all found near Eshott and Bockenfield Northumbria.
The manufacturer of each is unknown but more than likely they will be products of Northumbrian tileworks.
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Below – 13″ x 3″ outside diameter
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Below – 12 1/2″ long, 3″ x 3″. This is very misshapen and also sports a thumb and 3 x fingerprints.
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Below – 14 1/2 ” long, 5″ high, 4 1/2 ” wide at the base. Internal width at base 3 1/2″.
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Below – 2 x pipe drains slightly bigger than pencil drains. 12″ x 2 1/2″ outside diameter.
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Below – 14.5″ long x 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. Horseshoe drainage tile and clay pads or soles. The soles would sit under the pipe joints.
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Below – Unknown length as it is broken, 7 1/2″ high. Flat base is 5 1/2″ wide and inside widest width of the bore is 6″
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Below – 2 hexagonal drainage pipes.
One is marked Phorpres which is a trademark of the London Brick Company.
No doubt the other is by the same manufacturer although it is not marked.
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Right tile – 12″ x 5″
Left tile – 12″ x 4″
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Below – 13 1/2″ long, 3 1/4″ high, 2 3/4″ wide and 3″ wide base.
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Below – 13″ long, 3 1/2″ high, 2 3/4″ wide and 2 1/2″ wide base.
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Found by Ian Suddaby in Leith, Edinburgh. This example is not in my possession. Ian states – This might well be a second as it’s not well made. On the first photo, the frog is malformed and looks like it’s been repositioned in the press. The whole brick is misshaped too and the letters aren’t clear,…
The following bricks are in the possession of Boris Talpa, Rostov on Don, Russia. They were found in the Vladivostok and Primorye area of Eastern Russia. . . Below – Glenyards – Glenyards Fireclay Works, Glenyards, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Note the thumbprint to top right. Below – Boghead – Boghead Fireclay Works, Bathgate, West Lothian. ….
John Cathles Hill (1857–1915), builder and brickmaker, was born in Anderson’s Entry, Hawkhill, Dundee, on 12 December 1857, the eldest son of Robert Hill and his wife Eliza, née Cathles. There were six children, three boys (including John) and three girls, one of whom died in infancy. The elder Hill was a wheelwright and joiner, and in 1860 succeeded his father and grandfather as tollhouse…
The following bricks were found at Old Manutenção Militar, Beato – Lisbon, Portugal by Rui Ribolhos, Lisbon, Portugal. Empatia Arqueologia LDA. Rui states – I am an archaeologist working in Lisbon at an old nun’s convent from the XVII th century (Convento das freiras Grilas, Beato, Lisboa) transformed into a military facility of baking bread…
Found at Heathfield Fire Clay Works. Note the thumbprint to the top right which has slightly deformed the ‘S’. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Cardowan Fireclay Works, Lanarkshire. .
Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. Note the thumbprint to the top right, partly obscuring the ‘D’. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . .
Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . .
Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works. Note the thumbprint to the bottom left. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . . Below – Note the thumbprint to the bottom left and the upturned ‘A’. Found at the same location.
This unmarked red clay brick was found by Ian Suddaby and is interesting for several reasons. Ian states:- Below – 1852 – 1853 – What appears to be a row of Gunpowder Mills are shown in 1853 alongside the Gore Water at Gorebridge in Midlothian, Scotland. Down in the river, an impressive sandstone wall with…
Found by Geoff Hancock in the Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire area. I am not in possession of this example. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . .
