Found near Morpeth, Northumbria by BW. Unidentified maker but I do believe that the bauxitic clay will have been mined by the Ayrshire Bauxitic Clay Company. The best quality of this clay was sent to a subsidiary, namely Henry Foster at the Hotspur Brickworks in Backworth near Newcastle. The find location would suggest this may…
Read moreJ & M Craig Kilmarnock and R Brown & Son Paisley bricks found in Alaska along the Chilkoot Trail Fascinating article from Monklands GOLD was found in a tributary of the Klondike River in the Yukon in 1897 and for a very brief period, the area was flooded with hopeful gold seekers – stampeders. With…
Read moreThis brick was found by Brock Carson at the site of the Albert coal (Albertite) mines in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. The mines operated from 1850 to 1882. Wiki – Albertite is a type of asphalt found in Albert County, New Brunswick. It is a type of solid hydrocarbon. It is a deep black and lustrous…
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 The Wisp Edinburgh. Vogrie Coal and Fire Clay Works, Gorebridge. . . . . Below – A similar stamp on a brick but there is hardly a frog on this version plus the whole stamped areas actually appears to be proud from the rest of the brick. Found at the Vogrie Coal and Fire…
Read moreFound by TM in Fife Likely to be a product of the Vogrie Coal and Fire Clay Works, Gorebridge. . . . .
Read moreFound on the Firth of Forth, Toryburn. Scottish Brick Corporation. Following nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, the National Coal Board (NCB) inherited a number of brickworks. Around 1969, saw the NCB selling off its brickworks with the Scottish Brick Corporation (SBC) taking over most of them, some 33 sites in Scotland. The SBC…
Read moreFound Mayfield Brickworks, Carluke. Top left dash may be missing – According to the Survey of Scottish Brick Marks, this dash code refers to the Mayfield Brickworks, Carluke – see here Scottish Brick Corporation. Following nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, the National Coal Board (NCB) inherited a number of brickworks. Around 1969, saw the NCB…
Read moreFound Carron Works, Falkirk. Unidentified maker. The brick clearly states it was manufactured in Sweden. So was it manufactured for Teisen or by Teisen? There is also a UK company named Teisen that would have used firebricks on an everyday basis. See below. Teisen Furnaces of Kings Norton, Birmingham. C.E. Offices and Stores: Eckersall Road,…
Read moreFound Carron Works, Falkirk. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . .
Read moreFound Carron Works, Falkirk. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . .
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 Granton, Edinburgh. Glenvault Fire Clay Mine, Dumbarton. Glenvault and Campsie Fireclay, Lime and Coal Co Ltd, Dumbartonshire. . . .
Read moreFound New Cumnock. Unidentified brick manufacturer. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but… 48 ‘square’ holes. . . . .
Read moreFound at Sanquhar. This oddity was originally stamped S & K Co Ltd Buccleuch and then over-stamped with S & K C Ltd Sanquhar – which at least indicates that both these marks, from the many variables, were of the same era. Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. . . Below – A similar…
Read moreFound Kirkconnel Lochside Works, Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife. . . . .
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