Found 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
Blantyreferme Brickworks, near Uddingston.
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Below – The same stamp on a brick 10mm wider than the example above. Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area.
Below – A very similar stamp on a brick found by James Hamilton in the East Kilbride area. This is not in my possession. The ‘B’ and the ‘R’ look slightly irregular but this may be down to a moulding or firing issue.
(Much more research required in order to reduce my confusion over the Blantyreferme Brick Works!) Canmore 22/02/1924 – Bellshill Speaker – …we learn that a considerable number of men in the district will be employed at the new brickworks which Messrs A and J Moore are presently building. It is said that the refuse on…
Found by Eddie McLean in Glasgow. This was well spotted in that the ‘slash’ is backwards rather than forward. Blantyreferme Brickworks, near Uddingston. . . .
Found at Kilwinning. Blantyreferme Brickworks, near Uddingston. . . . .
Found in Paisley by Steven Pattison. Blantyreferme Brickworks, near Uddingston. . . . .
Found Paisley. Blantyreferme Brickworks, near Uddingston. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick found near High Blantyre. Note the reversed ‘N’ and apostrophe. .
Found Paisley. A.G. Moore & Co Ltd, Blantyreferme Brickworks, Uddingston. . . . .
Found Firth of Clyde, Glasgow. Blantyreferme Brickworks, near Uddingston . . . .
17/06/1820 – Caledonian Mercury – The brick s making business is now extremely flat. There are thirty-five brick manufactories within about two miles of Glasgow, of these only 10 are working and twenty-four are totally idle. Every field is supposed to produce 500,000 bricks yearly, consequently, there has been a falling off of 12,000,000 in…
Found in the Glasgow area and kindly donated by Nick Basden. Blantyreferme Brickworks, near Uddingston. . . . .
Found Granton, Firth of Forth. A.G. Moore & Co Ltd, Blantyreferme Brickworks, Uddingston. . . . .
