Found by Tucker Kennedy in Ayrshire. It is assumed that this is a P & M Hurll product but it appears to have been spealt with one ‘L’. The word underneath could also be Hurl. (It could also be Patent with a missing final T !) Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston…
Read moreThe following bricks were found by Benita Bond in Nova Scotia, Canada. All the bricks were found at Lochmans Beach in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia with the exception of the Dougall brick which was found on Florence Front Beach. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry,…
Read moreGarnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Gartliston (opened 1889) and Garnqueen (opened 1895) which was closer to Glenboig village, being about 1 mile south-east of the village. Canmore – Gartliston. Canmore – Garnqueen. P & M Hurll Ltd owned Birkhill Clay Mine in Bo’ness. Birkhill Clay Mine had high-quality fireclay deposits which…
Read moreFound by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Klinit is a trade name for P & M Hurll .
Read moreFound in Glasgow by Eddie McLean. I am now certain I believe this brick was manufactured by Alexander Frew at the Rawyards Brickworks, Rawyards, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Drumbathie Brickworks, Rawyards, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. My reasoning is as follows. This ‘Britannia’ fire brick was found alongside the ‘Rawyards’ brick below. They were in the same…
Read moreGarrallan Brick and Tile Company Limited, Cumnock, East Ayrshire aka Garallan. Scotland Places – States that the Garallan Brick and Tile Company Limited operated out of the Garallan Colliery. (Note – SBH – The location on the map provided by Scotland Places seems to be off – Garallan is further to the West – see…
Read moreCanmore This mine supplied Fireclay to the P and M Hurll works in Glenboig – Gartliston and Garnqueen. Below – 1897 – Rawmoan Fireclay Pit. The pit is not marked on the 1910 map. 1899 – Rawmoan Fireclay Pit, Glenboig. It lay half a mile north of the Hurll’s Gartliston Works and was connected to…
Read moreFound in the Ayrshire area by Tucker Kennedy. 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 moreKnightswood Brickworks, Knightswood, Glasgow. Canmore 03/10/1892 – 30/10/1893 – Invoices – Mark Hurll, Knightswood Brickwork, near Maryhill and Letterick Colliery, Blantyre. Office 95 Bath Street, Glasgow. Below – 1894 – Knightswood Brickworks, Knightswood, Glasgow Nr Netherton. Below – 1896 – Knightswood Brickworks. 21/04/1899 – Glasgow Herald – Foreman wanted for common brickwork, must be a…
Read moreFound by Tucker Kennedy on the Isle of Islay. RB appears to be a Hurll mark but what does it stand for – possibly Refractory Brick? or possibly the initials of a customer? Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel.
Read morePhotograph submitted by Phil Jenkins. The brick was seen ‘somewhere in Wales’ This is not in my possession. 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 moreThey were found together in Vytegra, Russia by Alexander Metelin. Reichmann, Glasgow and Hurll, Glasgow. Both bricks were made at Glenboig by Mark and Peter Hurll. . . .
Read moreThe following 2 bricks were found in St Petersburg, Russia and form part of Vladimir Smirnov’s collection. Both bricks were found in downtown Saint Petersburg. The upper brick was used in the furnace of the machine-building plant “Arsenal” Hurlls Brick Works Gartliston and Fire Brick Works PH Gartliston – with crossed hammers in the centre….
Read moreThe following bricks are depicted in a book written by Warwick Gemmell and entitled – “And so we graft from six to six”. It describes the brickmaking history of New South Wales, Australia. The following Scottish bricks feature as being imported into NSW. GEC S Cardowan (Note – does anyone know what GEC & S…
Read moreSeen at the old Heathfield Fireclay Works. Lying in heavy undergrowth and left insitu. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. This is a gas retort – An open ended pipe in which coal or other material is heated in order to manufacture gas. . . . . This mark was obviously made to identify which retorts were…
Read moreFound at the Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Klinit is a trade name for P & M Hurll .
Read moreFollowing consultation with Moses Jenkins, HES, it is believed that bricks marked Woodison Steel (and recovered at the Hurll Gartliston Works, Glenboig) were another Hurll product manufactured for the overseas market and marked with the customer’s name. Woodison is very likely E J Woodison Company, Detroit, Michigan – I will go with this theory unless…
Read moreFound by Eddie McLean in Muirhead near to the Heathfield Fire Clay Works. Thumbprint to bottom left. RB appears to be a Hurll mark but what does it stand for – possibly Refractory Brick? or possibly the initials of a customer? Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building…
Read moreFound by Eddie McLean in Muirhead near to the Heathfield Fire Clay Works. Thumbprint to top right. RB appears to be a Hurll mark but what does it stand for – possibly Refractory Brick? or possibly the initials of a customer? Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building…
Read moreFound Garnqueen Works, Glenboig. 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 customer…
Read moreFound by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. There were two brickworks which used the title Garscube, namely the Garscube Brick and Tile Works, Netherton, Glasgow which was operated by Mark Hurll and the Garscube Brickworks, Dawsholm, Glasgow operated by the Garscube Brick Company. It is not certain which works stamped their bricks Garscube (…
Read moreThe Ralston Brickworks may be one of the same as the Seedhill Brickworks. 26/01/1895 – Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette – Proposed new brick factory in the East End. In regard to the recent application to the Dean of Guild Court Mr Robert Morton, brick builder and contractor, Weir Street, for authority to erect an eight-kiln…
Read moreFound by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Temple Brickworks, Temple, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – I do have reservations about this being a product of the Temple Brickworks. P & M Hurll had a later brickworks in the Temple area and it may well be a product of theirs. For further enquiry). . ….
Read more(Note – SBH – On the Scottish OS maps, there are 2 brickworks detailed – Garscube Brick and Tile Works and Garscube Brickworks. Both are depicted on the bottom of the 1896 map. The Garscube Brickworks which is the further east of the two is close to Dawsholm. I believe this was also known as…
Read moreFound on the Hurll, Gartliston brick works site, Glenboig. Unidentified maker but almost certainly a Hurll product. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel.
Read morePhotographed in situ by Stefan Grahn at the “Lögdö Bruk” an old ironworks in Sweden – started around 1685 and was in production until 1878. This gives a most useful date for the Klinit BL Supra brick. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Klinit is a trade name…
Read moreKelvinside Brickworks was situated in the Maryhill district of Glasgow and operated from about 1873 to 1930. AKA Dawsholm Brickworks. Kelvinside Brick Company, Dawsholm Brickworks, Maryhill, Glasgow. The 1985 publication ‘A survey of Scottish brickmarks’ suggests that M Yates and Co were the owners between 1873 and 1877 and that John Murray was the owner…
Read moreCanmore 07/06/1838 – Perthshire Advertiser – Pitfour Brick and Tile Works are now in operation and written orders will be received by William Hay, overseer, Pitfour. 28/05/1838. 16/04/1840 – Perthshire Courier – Pitfour Brick and Tile Works. Below – 26/11/1840 – Perthshire Advertiser – Pitfour Tileworks to let. Machinery includes 2 x steam-driven, Marquis of…
Read moreFound Gartliston Works, Glenboig Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Klinit is a trade name for P & M Hurll .
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