Found Polton, Midlothian. William Hunter & Co, Westbank Brick & Tile Works, Portobello W Hunter & Co, Portobello. . . . Below – A similar stamp on a red brick. Found by Ian Suddaby in the Tranent area. Below – The same stamp on bricks found by Ian Suddaby in a flytipping pile near Edinburgh….
Read moreFound Granton, Firth of Firth. Unidentified cored brick. It is possibly stamped 086KC89B. . . .
Read moreFound Granton, Firth of Forth. Wemyss Brick Co. Various works in the Aberhill, Denbeath and Methil areas of Fife. WBC – Wemyss Brick Company – there is a suggestion from TM that the marks following the WBC represent the year and week no of that year, in which the brick was manufactured. The company would…
Read moreUnidentified cored brick Found Granton, Firth of Forth
Read moreFound Granton, Firth of Forth. 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, closed Bonnybridge works in 1973 and closed Chapelhall in 1980. Therefore between 1972 and…
Read moreFound at Granton, Firth of Forth. 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 then…
Read moreFound 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 .
Read moreFound Granton Firth of Forth Thomas Gibb and Sons, quarry masters and brick makers at Auchinlee, Cleland and Huntershill and Crowhill, Bishopbriggs. Note the spelling of Auchinlea on the brick. Gibb & Sons and T. Gibb & Sons normally used the spelling Auchinlee. The Lee and Lea interchange is confusing. . .
Read moreFound on a farm track at South Moorhouse Farm, near Newton Mearns on the side of Loch Craig. This track has been built up with rubble that was removed during major renovations in the Gorbals, Glasgow Gilchrist & Goldie, Old Langside Road, Glasgow . . . .
Read moreFound at Stranraer by Tucker Kennedy. Similar bricks were found at Bo’Ness and Granton. Find location suggests Scottish origins but… Unidentified maker and mark – KMS Stein had a brand called Spinella KM – possibly KMS is an abbreviation for this? or Stein had a brand called Stein KM – possibly KMS is an abbreviation…
Read moreFound in Glenboig. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire .
Read moreFound Sanquhar. Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. . . .
Read moreFound by Ian Suddaby at Biggarseat near Lanark, Lanarkshire. Peter & James Weir, Brickmakers, Airdrie and Lambhill Nr Glasgow. . . . .
Read moreIt is in possession of Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life. This example is not in my possession. Brickmaker unidentified but it is of Scottish origins and most likely to be Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . .
Read moreFound by Eddie McLean at The Linn, Glasgow George Eadie, Hangingshaw Brickworks and Possil Brickworks, Possil Road, Glasgow. . . . .
Read moreFound Wishaw G S Loudon, Hermand Brickworks, West Calder, Midlothian. . . . .
Read moreThis example is not in my possession Gilchrist & Goldie Shawfield Toll Glasgow . . . .
Read moreFound Glenboig. William Steven, brickmaker, builder, and contractor; Office, 481 London Road; House, 483 do.; Brickworks, Porter Street and Society Street, G. Eastern Road; Mauldslie, London Road; Crosshill, Cathcart Road, south side. . . .
Read moreFound Firth of Forth, Glasgow. John Watson & Sons, Armadale, West Lothian. (Note – SBH – Research shows John Watson is associated with various brickworks eg Robroyston, Bathville, Watsonville. First of all is it the same John Watson and secondly did he use the stamp’Watson’s’ in all his works?). . . .
Read moreFound in Fife by TS Wilson Seafield St Andrews . . . .
Read moreFound Kilbarchan area by BS William Steven, brickmaker, builder, and contractor; Office, 481 London Road; House, 483 do.; Brickworks, Porter Street and Society Street, G. Eastern Road; Mauldslie, London Road; Crosshill, Cathcart Road, south side. . . .
Read moreFound in Paisley Speirs Gibb & Co Paisley – Caledonia Fireclay Works, Paisley. . . . .
Read moreFound Cardenden, Fife This example is enameled Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Southhook Crosshouse Kilmarnock NB to front Southhook Crosshouse Kilmarnock NB to rear . .
Read moreFound by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. W & T Rowland, Toryglen Brick Works, Polmadie . . . .
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