Bonnybridge 2844
— 24/07/2014Found by Ian Suddaby. This example is not in my possession. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . .
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Bonnybridge 9676
— 24/07/2014Found by Ian Suddaby. This example is not in my possession. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . .
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Bonnybridge Silica and Fire Clay Co Ltd
— 24/07/2014Found Old Niddrie brickworks, Cleikimin, Edinburgh. This is a large floor slab but it has a lip and may be slightly curved so it may have another working purpose. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . Below – Note the lip and slight curve to the slab. Below – The same stamp…
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Calder British Made
— 24/07/2014Found Old Niddrie brickworks, Cleikimin, Edinburgh See also this example of a Calder British Made brick found in Barbados. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972,…
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Turner’s Portobello
— 24/07/2014Found Old Niddrie Brickworks, Cleikimin, Edinburgh. Turner’s Limited, Abercorn Brick and Tile Works, Portobello. Turners Ltd Coal & Quarry Masters & brick manufacturers, 130 George Street, Edinburgh. TA Freestone. . . .
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1886 – Scottish brick manufacturers adverts
— 19/07/20141886 John & James Baird, Blackwood, Lesmahagow. Brown & McMillan, Chapel knowe, Motherwell. John Gilmour & co, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock. Inverkeithing Fire & Brick Co. Robert Fleming & Co, Atlas Fire Brick Works, Bathville, Bathgate. Garnkirk Fire Clay Co, Glasgow. Richard Street & Sons, Townhill, Dunfermline. John Jackson, Whynnyrigg, Carluke. James Allan, Carluke. John McDonald, Braidwood,…
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Scottish brickmaking 1869 – Garnkirk highlighted.
— 19/07/2014This is a fascinating article on the Scottish brickmaking industry. It was published in 1869 and highlights the Garnkirk works. The art of kneading common clay into rectangular blocks for building purposes seems to have been known from about the time of the Flood, though it does not appear to have been practised by the…
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References to brick and tile machine makers.
— 18/07/20141830s – By the 1830s several skilled engineers in the Calton district of Glasgow commenced the manufactory of machinery for drain tile makers and potters. They had a particular eye on this expanding Ayrshire market. One of these was a rather eccentric inventor called David Neil whose products were highly regarded in the trade. These…
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Boot print
— 15/07/2014Found Granton, Firth of Forth Brick was markless but this looks like a hobnail boot print on the side. Left in situ . . .
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3 X PIMPLE
— 15/07/2014Unidentified maker and mark Find location may suggest Scottish origins but… Found Granton, Firth of Forth
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Thistle B
— 15/07/2014Found Granton, Firth of Forth. Stein, 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. . Below – A very similar stamp found at the Manuel Works by Gordon Wyle. The letters may be slightly thinner and…
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Glenboig BM 49 KH
— 15/07/2014Found Granton Firth of Forth. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire .
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Glenboig Special 392
— 15/07/2014Found Limekilns, Firth of Forth. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire .
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Cannerton 2
— 15/07/2014Found Limekilns, Firth of Forth. Cannerton Brickworks, Banknock, Stirlingshire. Alternative Names – Bonnybridge, Banknock, Cannerton Brick Company. . . .
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W Torrance
— 15/07/2014Found Granton Firth of Forth. William Torrance, brickmaker and lime burner, Invertiel Road, Kirkcaldy. W Torrance, brick and lime master, Camps Lime Works, Wilkieston, Midlothian. . . .
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J & M Craig (Kilmarnock) Ltd
— 15/07/2014Found Granton, Firth of Forth. J & M Craig, Perceton Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick found Granton, Firth of Forth. The frog is different. Below – The same stamp on a brick found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area but the brick is…
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Kilchattan Brick and Tile Works, Kingarth, Isle of Bute
— 12/07/2014Kilchattan Brick and Tile Works, Kingarth, Isle of Bute – sometimes Kilcattan. Kilchattan Brick and Tile Works – By T. Gilmour – (published 1949) – Source My only experience as a practical tilemaker is being taken over to the works as a child of 5 by my grandfather to see the last kiln being burned….
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S & K C Sanquhar
— 09/07/2014Found Gatehouse of Fleet. Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. . . .
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S & K Co LTD Sanquhar
— 09/07/2014Found Gatehouse of Fleet. Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd. Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. . . .
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M McIver Sanquhar
— 09/07/2014Found Gatehouse of Fleet. M. McIver and Sanquhar. Buccleuch Terracotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire or Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. . . Below – Front Below – Rear – Note the reversed ‘N’.
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Glenboig 90R
— 08/07/2014Found Granton, Firth of Forth. Left in situ due to size. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire
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