Found Gartliston Works, Glenboig. R & C with a rather noticeable thumbprint. 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…
Read moreScottish bricks found in Santa Felicia, Argentina by Cris Pasquali and colleagues. Mac Brand – which is still unidentified but possibly Scottish Crater – Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Hurll – Gartliston and Garnqueen Fire Clay Works, Glenboig. OCTO – Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Possibly ETNA –…
Read moreFound at the Gartliston Works, Glenboig Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but…. However the chances are this is yet another Hurll product as found on site. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel.
Read moreFound Gartliston Works, Glenboig Note the thumb print to bottom left. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Klinit is a trade name for P & M Hurll .
Read moreFound at the Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Believed to be manufactured either by Eglinton Silica Brick Company or Peter and Mark Hurll, Gartliston and Garnqueen Fire Clay Works, Glenboig. (Note – SBH – This is a link to some theories regarding the origins of the ‘Martin’ stamp – click me). .
Read more(Note – SBH – I am not convinced that Luke & Co actually manufactured the fire bricks as a business. There is a good chance that the bricks were manufactured at the Preston Grange Brick and Tile Works and the Luke and Co company name was added to the brick as the purchasing customer for…
Read moreFound Gartliston 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 Gartliston Works, Glenboig Following consultation with Moses Jenkins, HS, it is believed that this was another Hurll product manufactured for the overseas market and marked with the customers name. Woodison is very likely E J Woodison Company, Detroit, Michigan – I will go with this theory unless shown otherwise! E. J. Woodison Company, one…
Read moreFound Gartliston Works, Glenboig Following consultation with Moses Jenkins, HS, it is believed that this was another Hurll product manufactured for the overseas market and marked with the customers name. Woodison is very likely E J Woodison Company, Detroit, Michigan – I will go with this theory unless shown otherwise! E. J. Woodison Company, one…
Read more(Note – SBH – I am currently working on this page to try and confirm which posts refer to which brickworks as I think several are mixed up here!). Garscadden Brick and Tile Works, Yoker, Glasgow aka Blairdardie Brick and Tile Works. (Note – SBH – were these works also known as the Duntocher Works…
Read moreManufacturer(s): Gartcosh Fireclay Works (1863-1884). Gartcosh Silica & Fire Clay Works (1884-1890). The Glenboig Union Fire Clay Company (1890-1965). Office: 69 Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland (1884). Works: Situated about a mile east of Heathfield and Garnkirk, Lanarkshire, Scotland. This was the fourth fireclay works to start in the Garnkirk area. It was founded by James…
Read moreA fantastic selection of Scottish bricks found by Henri Lessard on the banks of the Ottawa River, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. – source They were found in the ruins of a former sawmill. Between 1873 and 1930, the Gilmour and Hughson Company operated a sawmill at the NE corner of the Ile de Hull (Jaques-Cartier Park…
Read moreThe photos of these bricks were kindly forwarded by Cristina Pasquali an archaeologist and coordinator of the project, the forest and its people. They were found in Tartagal, Provincia De Santa Fe, Argentina. Facebook page – (Translation ) – The Forestry Project and Peoples is based in the Centre for the Study of Historical Archaeology, Faculty…
Read moreCardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow – This should be read in conjunction with the post on the Heathfield Fireclay Works. Canmore Cardowan and Heathfield Works. The first of these works, belonging to Messrs. John Young and Son, was built in 1852 by Messrs. John Hurll and John Young, previous to that time of the…
Read moreThese examples were all found on the old Cleghorn Brickworks site. None are marked Cleghorn but until evidence suggests otherwise, I am happy to tag them as being manufactured at the Cleghorn Works. See the attached catalogue for similar examples – Click me Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. Below – 2 photos of a long tapered…
Read moreFound in Nine Mile River, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada by Randall L Leighton. 2 examples were found on a campsite there. Their find situation suggests they may have been brought in from an unknown location simply to chock a vehicles wheels. Unidentified maker but possibly Hurll . . .
Read moreWith regards to Scotland, bricks began to be marked around the early/mid 19th century. These marks would bear the manufacturer’s name or perhaps the brickworks site owner’s name, their initials, the name of the brickworks or place of manufacture or indeed any combination of such. The year of manufacture was often stamped also. Such stamping of…
Read moreFound at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary. This brickmark was initially unidentified although it was found on Hurll premises. Following the recovery of a Hurll RB brick at Hurll’s other site at Garnqueen, I am comfortable with associating the R B mark with Hurll. R B appears to be a Hurll mark but what does it…
Read moreFound at the Hurll Garnqueen Works, Glenboig. Cowie Bros & Co, Glasgow. See this link for my theory on the manufacturer/brick mark. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. Below – A similar stamp on a brick found at the same location but…
Read moreFound at Garnqueen Works, Glenboig. Believed to be manufactured either by Eglinton Silica Brick Company or Peter and Mark Hurll, Gartliston and Garnqueen Fire Clay Works, Glenboig. (Note – SBH – This is a link to some theories regarding the origins of the ‘Martin’ stamp – click me). .
Read moreFound the Hurll Garnqueen Works, Glenboig. I think the mark is Glenlamond as opposed to Glen Lamond – ie 1 word An example was also found on the Hurll Gartliston site. I believe this to be a Hurll product and will record it as such until proven otherwise. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston…
Read moreFound at the Garnqueen Works, Glenboig Undoubtedly a product of the Hurlls but for some reason the stamp is missing an ‘L’. Assuming the stamp should be central then there is space for the missing ‘L’. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel….
Read moreFound at the Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig. 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 ( It…
Read moreFound on the Milton Brickworks, Carluke site 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 moreLee Terracotta Works, Braidwood, Carluke, South Lanarkshire aka Scottish Terracotta & Metallic Brick and Tile Works, Braidwood, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Canmore The Lee works faced difficulty at the outset of operations and were seemingly short-lived. They were operated by the Lee Terracotta Company or the Scottish Terracotta Company (sometimes the Scottish Terracotta and Metallic Brick Co)….
Read moreFound in Carluke 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 moreThe article that follows was compiled by a member of the Carluke Parish Historical Society. Introduction In the new statistical account (1845/6) volume 6) it was noted that “clay fit for a variety of purposes such as brick making and pottery manufacture” was abundant in the Parish of Carluke, and that “large deposits of white…
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