Found Manuel Works, Whitecross 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. .
Read moreFound on Granton, Firth of Forth. Thomas Gibb and Sons, quarry masters and brick makers at Auchinlee, Cleland and Huntershill and Crowhill, Bishopbriggs. . . . .
Read moreFound on Bo’ness Firth of Forth. Note the thumbprint to top right. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. . Below – Technically the same stamp but Glasgow has been added upside down. Note the thumbprint to bottom left. Found at Bo’ness. Below…
Read moreFound on the old site of the Grangemouth Firebrick Works. Grangemouth Firebrick Works, Skinflats, Grangemouth, Falkirk. . . . . Below – A similar stamp on a ‘frog’ with squared ends. Found at Grangemouth.
Read moreFound on Bo’ness Firth of Forth Craigend Refractories, Muiravonside, Falkirk . . . . Below – A similar stamp on a brick found by Ian Suddaby at Whitecross. Note the ‘C’ of Craigend looks like a ‘D’ and the ‘D’ of Craigend is reversed. Below – The same stamp but on a more defined frog,…
Read moreFound on Bo’ness Firth of Forth Rawyards Brickworks, Rawyards, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Drumbathie Brickworks, Rawyards, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Below – if you look closely you can see this brick was double stamped. The is an underlying ‘FREW’ stamp – in reverse and upside down. . .
Read moreFound on Bo’ness Firth of Forth Barbauchlaw Brick Works, Armadale, West Lothian. . . . .
Read moreFound on Bo’ness Firth of Forth Newmains Brickworks, Morningside, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Birkfield Brickworks, Carluke, Lanarkshire. GISCOL stands for the Glasgow Iron and Steel Company (Limited). . Below – this is the same stamp but on a brick 2″ thick
Read moreFound Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross No name to identify this brick but there were a fair number dotted about the Manuel Stein Works at Whitecross so in the meantime I am going along with the theory that is was produced by Stein. Heavy dense brick. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works,…
Read moreFound on Bo’ness Firth of Forth. 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. Below – The same stamp on a brick where the ‘D’ is missing. Found at the Avonbridge Brickworks,…
Read moreFound Paisley. Bishopbriggs Brickworks, Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire. . . . . .
Read moreFound Bo’ness Firth of Forth. Note the 2 lines of text are off centre to one another which is unusual. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . .
Read moreFound Dundee. Avonbridge Brickworks, Avonbridge, Falkirk. Alternative names: Avon Brickworks Redford Fireclay Works Candiehead Brickworks Below – This appears to be the same stamp on the same brick but the fabric looks totally different so I have kept it for that reason. Found at the Avonbridge Brickworks.
Read moreFound in Walbottle, Newcastle upon Tyne William Colville Gibson, Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne Trade Mark depicting salmon or trout. Note the ‘M’ of trade mark is upside down. I believe the origins of this brickmark lie with the firm of Lister & Co., ‘W. Colville Gibson’ being successors to the Lister’s and latterly part of…
Read moreFound Newcastle upon Tyne. Produced at the Adams-Pict Firebrick Works at Swalwell, (the site of the earlier Ramsay works on the River Derwent, a tributary of the Tyne and some three miles west of Gateshead), these (INSO) insulating bricks were produced from a mixture of clay, sawdust and diatomite, (a soft, siliceous, sedimentary rock, easily…
Read moreFound Newcastle upon Tyne. T.Blythe Birtley Station, Co Durham – 1933 brick – end stamp . . . .
Read moreFound Newcastle upon Tyne. Unidentified as yet. Note the oversized ‘A’ and it does not have serifs like the other letters. . . .
Read moreFound at Newburn, Newcastle. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .
Read moreFound Auchenheath, South Lanarkshire Cityside Brick, Pipe and Fireclay Works, Greenhill, Glasgow. . . .
Read moreFound Newcastle upon Tyne. Unknown manufacturer but the Registered Design Number 804561 is the same as that which is often stamped on similar electricity cable covers manufactured by the Callender Cable and Construction Co Ltd, Erith, London. . . . . Below – 2 X similar covers of different sizes. Note the ‘pimples’ to either…
Read moreFound Newmains, Morningside, North Lanarkshire Winchburgh Brickworks, Winchburgh, West Lothian . . . .
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