J & M C Ltd
— 17/08/2020Found by Simon Scott in the Kilmarnock area. This is a byre or stable paver. J & M Craig, Perceton Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . . . .
Found at Ramshead Walled Garden, Caldwell House, Uplawmoor by Anthony Shaw.
Robert Mackie, Barr Coal Company, Beith
This is a paver for a byre or stable.
It is glazed and again, the ‘M’ of Mackie is upside down. – Click me
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Found by Simon Scott in the Kilmarnock area. This is a byre or stable paver. J & M Craig, Perceton Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . . . .
Found by Mike Chapman in Woodborough, Nottinghamshire. The brick was found in a pile of hardcore and rubble used to fill holes in a golf course road so its provenance is unknown. This example is not in my possession. Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline. . . . .
(Note – SBH – There is some confusion regarding bricks stamped AFTON with regards their exact origins. There was the Afton Brick and Tile Works at New Cumnock, the owners of which opened a brickworks at Sanquhar in 1852 and then much later there was the Afton Brick Company Limited which operated the brickworks at…
Found on the old site previously occupied by Giscol when they took over the Etna Brickworks, Bathville, West Lothian. The bricks are cored and are stamped on a stretcher. They are dated 29/03/91 and 07/11/91. It looks like they were used to build some sort of office block on the site. Now demolished and mostly…
Found by Tucker Kennedy in the Ayrshire. This is a paver or byre block and it is salt glazed. Bourtreehill Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . . . .
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Edinburgh area. Salt Glazed paver or byre brick. The paver appears to be double stamped. Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. . . .
Found in Portobello. Salt Glazed paver or byre brick. This is half of a paver – seen below for the complete article. Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. . . . Below – This was found near Cockenzie and is in the possession of Ian Suddaby. .
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire.. The brick has the same stamp to both sides. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a salt glazed paver or byre brick. Found in Ayrshire by John (Ian) Jones, Ayrshire. .
Found in Ohio, USA and donated by Eddie Newman from Athens, Ohio. This was part of an international brick swap! Made by Harris Brick Co. of Zanesville, Ohio. . . .
Robert Mackie, Barr Coal Company, Beith 1881 – Robert Mackie, Merchant and John Laird, Farmer, Barrhill, Kilbirnie become the new partnership of Barr Coal Company following the death of John Miller Morison, Surgeon, Beith 1893– Mackie, Barr Coal – mining coal and Fireclay 1896 – The Barr Mine, Ayrshire – R.D. Mackie and Smith, Beith – owners. Mining…