Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Ginger Benn at an unknown location in England. Edward VII Coronation June 1902. This paver will have been manufactured at an unidentified brickworks in England. . . . .

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Dunfermline area. This example is not in my possession. This is a paver or byre block. Lochhead Fireclay Works, Dunfermline, Fife. . .

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 Gloria Conti in the Grahamston, Falkirk area. This example is not in my possession. This brick was likely made by the Greenhill Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge. Believed to be sited at Clayknowes and later taken over and renamed the Greenhill Fireclay Company. . . .

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 by Graham Tait (Tattie) at Drum Farm, Bonnybridge Yet another badly stamped variation with an ‘E’ missing. These bricks were likely made by the Greenhill Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge. Believed to be sited at Clayknowes and later taken over and renamed the Greenhill Fireclay Company. . . .

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 on the old James Dougall site at Bonnyside. Clayknowes Brickworks, Greenhill, Bonnybridge. This version has letters with serifs. I wonder why the makers dropped the ‘K’ and the ‘E’ when stamping the bricks? The stamp may be STUBAL or SETUBAL. The first and or second letters are not clear. Stubal is a town in…

Found in Bonnybridge. The first ‘G ‘ is in a different style of font as it has serifs. The ‘R’ is reversed and upside down. The 2 x ‘E’ are reversed. This brick was likely made by the Greenhill Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge. Believed to be sited at Clayknowes and later taken over and renamed the Greenhill…