Found in Newmains, Morningside, North Lanarkshire Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. .
Read moreFound fly tipping at Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Hamilton Brickworks, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Read moreFound Newmains, Morningside, North Lanarkshire Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. Dourie is a trade mark of P and M Hurll, Gartliston Brickworks, Glenboig.
Read moreFound Newmains, Morningside, North Lanarkshire. Unidentified silica brick, however, the find location suggests Scottish origins but … The brickmarks is on the side of the brick. Now although this is unidentified, I have 2 makers in mind. 1. In the Garnkirk Fire & Clay booklet by Quail he states… In the 1894 products catalogue, Garnkirk…
Read moreMark Lauckner (ML) states – There was no refractory brick manufacturing industry here in BC, Canada, so those speciality high-temperature bricks were sent over from the UK as ballast in the bottom of ships. Early pioneer industries that needed high-temperature bricks seemed to prefer UK bricks instead of the kaolin fire clay bricks from the…
Read moreThe following article is based on the Scottish bricks found by Vladimir Smirnov in and around his home in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Vladimir has managed to collect a fascinating collection of Scottish bricks and bizarrely, a good few of them appear to have never surfaced, as yet, in their Country of origin. . . . ….
Read moreFound at the Gartliston Works. I have only ever found R & C bricks at the Hurll Gartliston or Garnqueen works in Glenboig and as such I am, until proven otherwise, happy to identify Hurll as the maker. I do believe this is yet another example of a Scottish brick manufacturer making bricks for a…
Read moreFound Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Govan Brickworks, Glasgow. 1 Dixon Street, Glasgow So far only 2 different letters have been found associated with the Dixon stamp. ‘G’ and ‘A’. It is suspected that the ‘G’ stands for the Garturk Brickworks and ‘A’ for the Auchlochan…
Read moreGarnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Found Tarrasfoot Tileworks, Dumfries and Galloway Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. Below – This example was the firebrick special shape that sat inside the firebox doors and protected the metal of the door itself from the…
Read moreStein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . In October 2014, I was searching for bricks at the Stein Manuel Works, Whitecross. During this search, a large pile of burned and sodden paperwork…
Read moreFound Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Mount Vernon Colliery Company, Glasgow – There are several known brickworks and it is possible they used the ‘Mount Vernon’ stamp at all of them. Please click on the ‘Mount Vernon’ tag which will take you to relevant pages on this website). . . .
Read moreFound at Manuel Works, Whitecross. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire or the Glenboig Union Fireclay Company which took over the Castlecary company and works in 1936 (Via General Refractories, Sheffield) and continued the ‘GEM’ and ‘Castlecary’ brand names. . . .
Read moreJ & M Craig, Dean, Hillhead and Perceton Fire Clay Works, Kilmarnock and Longpark Pottery, Kilmarnock. Scottish Silica Company, Perceton Fire Brick Works, Ayr (Private Company). Perceton Silica Brick and Cement Company Limited, Perceton. (Note – SBH – I have created separate pages for Perceton, Dean, Hillhead and Longpark. Where information does not relate to…
Read moreFound Carron Works, Falkirk. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. . Below – A very similar stamp on a voussoir or wedge brick found by Ian Suddaby in Aberdeenshire.
Read moreFound in Paisley Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. . Below – A very similar stamp on a brick found in Edinburgh by Ian Suddaby but the first ‘L’ of Hurll is missing. I am not in possession of this example.
Read moreFound New Cumnock. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. Dourie is a trade mark of P and M Hurll, Gartliston Brickworks, Glenboig. Below – Virtually the same stamp, just slightly smaller. Found in the Glasgow area by Eddie McLean.
Read moreFound Manuel works, Whitecross Detrick suspended arch tile. The Detrick hanger bricks were coded – SP13 being the most common one and we’re called Perm bricks by the brick workers. Stein made such bricks under licence. – M.H Detrick – The M.H. Detrick Company is a heat refractory manufacturing company, based out of Mokena, Illinois….
Read moreFound Firth of Forth, Glasgow Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. .
Read moreThis example is in the possession of CulturalNL Museums & Heritage I am not in possession of this example. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel.
Read moreThis should be read in conjunction with other relevant pages including pages on the Manuel, the Milnquarter, the Anchor and the Castlecary Works. Please click on the tags at the bottom of the page to assist site navigation. A huge empire in its day, making a myriad of different bricks which were shipped all over…
Read moreCanmore Douglas Firebrick Company Limited, Dalry – Source Kenneth W Sanderson. William Douglas, a master blacksmith, and his wife Janet had a son, John, born at Moorhouses, Stevenson, in 1822. John grew up in the clay industry and became the manager of the Corse-hill Tile Works, Dreghorn, where on 4th May 1855, his eldest child…
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