• Forth

    Found on Bo’ness Firth of Forth. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a special found at the Roughcastle Works. . Below – The same stamp on a narrow brick found in Glasgow.

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  • X

      Found 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,…

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  • Dourie 8

    Found 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,…

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  • Bishopbriggs

    Found Paisley. Bishopbriggs Brickworks, Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire. . . . . .      

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  • Dykehead Bonnybridge

    Found 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. . . . .

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  • Avonbridge

    Found 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.  

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  • W Colville Gibson, Scotswood, Newcastle Upon Tyne

    Found 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…

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  • Inso

    Found 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…

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  • Pict

    Found Newcastle upon Tyne (Note – SBH – I have added the Scottish tag here as although the bricks themselves were manufactured in Northumbria, the clay was mined in Scotland*) Adams Pict fireclay company, Scotswood, Newcastle. . . .    

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  • Wards Improved

    Found Newcastle upon Tyne. Unidentified as yet. Note the oversized ‘A’ and it does not have serifs like the other letters. . . .

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  • Castlecary

    Found at Newburn, Newcastle. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .  

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  • Cityside, Glasgow

    Found Auchenheath, South Lanarkshire Cityside Brick, Pipe and Fireclay Works, Greenhill, Glasgow. . . .  

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  • R D No 804561 Danger Electricity

    Found 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…

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  • Towers

    Found Dundee. This is a baby firebrick. Grahamston Firebrick Works, Falkirk, Stirlingshire. . . . Below  – the same stamp found on a bullnose baby firebrick found in Granton, Edinburgh.    

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  • UFP

    Found Coatbridge at the Rochsolloch Brickworks. United Fireclay Products, Atlas Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. . . . . Below – The same stamp but with a partial broken ‘P’. Found by Michael Shaw on an allotment in Shrewsbury.    

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  • Camps

    Found Seafield, Edinburgh Camps Lime and Brick Works, Wilkieston, West Lothian. . . . .    

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  • Dougal Winchburgh

    Found Newmains, Morningside, North Lanarkshire Winchburgh Brickworks, Winchburgh, West Lothian . . . .  

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  • Woodhall

    Found Granton, Firth of Forth Woodhall Brickmaking Company, Woodhall, Newarthill, Motherwell. c 1900’s . . . .              

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  • Hailes

    Found Straiton, Edinburgh Hailes Estate and Quarry Co, Slateford, Edinburgh Note the raised lettering. . . .

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  • Gartartan

    Found Bo’ness. Manufacturer unknown. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but … Note the ‘misstamped’ small letter ‘T’. . . Gary Buckham sums up – All these bricks were found at the same location, on the shore at  Prestonpans, East Lothian. There is a place called Gartartan to the south of Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire. With…

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  • Scotia

    Found Barrhead, Glasgow. Unidentified maker. The name is Scottish in appearance but its origins are in doubt. Possibility – There is a Scotia & Sneyd Green Brick & Marl Co Ltd, Scotia Bank, Tunstall, close to the site of the old Scotia Colliery. This company is listed in the 1907 trade directory. Link to Tarboats photo of…

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  • Manuel Fire Brick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Linlithgow, Stirlingshire

    Manuel Works, Whitecross, Linlithgow, Stirlingshire. 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 – Brick sign at the entrance to the works. Canmore Information by David Leask Information – Falkirk Community Trust. 02/1928 –…

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  • Bluebell

    Found at Castlecary Fireclay and Limeworks, Castlecary 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 similar stamp but with 2 x horizontal lines to the left. This was found by Gordon…

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  • Cleghorn Terracotta Co LD Glasgow

    Found Bo’ness, Firth of Forth. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. Note the raised lettering. . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick found in Dumfries. Note the linear lines which cover both sides of the brick. . Below – I believe the following 3, shaped Cleghorn bricks all bear this same stamp, although…

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  • Robert Bell, Wishaw

    Found Auchenheath, South Lanarkshire Brick has the word ‘patent’ on rear Robert Bell, Wishaw Collieries & Brick Works and Broxburn Shale Oil, Coal & Brick Works . . . .              

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  • Garnkirk

    Found Jedburgh, Scottish Borders. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . .  

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  • Dewar

    Found Newcastleton by Brian Wardell. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below -A very similar mark but on a slightly curved circle brick. Note the larger distance between the ‘D’ and the ‘R’ in order to accommodate the stamp screw heads. Below – the same stamp on a red clay brick as…

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  • Buccleuch Terracotta Co Ltd Sanquhar

    Found Bo’ness, Firth of Forth. Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. . . . Below – The same mark and confirmation of the lettering. Found in the Glasgow area. Below – The same mark on a chamfered end brick found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. . Below –…

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  • NCB Newton

    Found on the Firth of Clyde, Glasgow. Newton Brickworks, Blantyre, Lanarkshire. . . . .    

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