Found in Paisley by RB*
Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Note the brick has been stamped Dewar in doth directions.
Note the slighty larger gap after the ‘D’ and before the ‘R’ to accommodate the screws holding the stamp.
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Below – A similar stamp on a brick found in Glasgow but with additional channels running across the margin of the brick although they stop short of the arris (edge). These channels are also reproduced on the rear but are hard to make out as they are damaged.
Below – A similar stamp found by Gordon Wyle at the Stein Castlecary Works. The gaps referred to above appear slightly larger on this version.. The frog is also a more rounded shape too.
Messrs Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd, Main Street, Coatbridge. Clyde Tube Works, Main Street, Coatbridge. Canmore – This building now appears to be a courthouse. Information. 22/09/1906 – Coatbridge Leader – Messrs Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd. Description of new offices. Messrs Stewart and Lloyds Limited have just completed the erection of new offices at the corner…
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Gartcosh area. This example is not in my possession. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . .
24/04/1975 – The Scotsman – Scotland’s brickmakers build Scotland’s future. Scottish members of the Scottish Brick Development Association. Cherryton Brick Company. Dewar and Finlay Ltd. Glasgow Iron and Steel. Kirkforthar Brick Co Ltd. Motherwell Brick Co. Scottish Brick Co Ltd.
1896 – P and R N Dewar, Cardonald Brickworks, Govan. (Note – SBH – Is this possible the same Dewar family as operated the Drumpark Brickworks or the Shettleston Colliery Brickworks?) Below – 1896 – Cardonald Brickworks. 1901 – Clayworkers Directory – P and R N Dewar, Cardonald Brickworks, Crookston, Paisley, N.B. (North Britain). Bricks….
Found by Eddie McLean in Glasgow. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – A similar stamp on a circle brick found at the old Ravenscraig Steelworks, Motherwell.
Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire aka Bargeddie Brickworks. Canmore British Brick Society Information Sheet No 31 (Nov 83) Dewar and Findlay Ltd, Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow. (NR 705641). Operated from 1895 to 1977, producing high-quality pressed red facings, either red or blue. 1895 – The 1985 publication ‘A survey of Scottish brickmarks’ suggests the works…
Found in the Glasgow area. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – The same stamp but with a reversed ‘D’. Found near Airdrie.
Found in Paisley. Another variation in frog – almost a double frog. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow. . . . Below – A very similar stamp on a square frog. Found in the Glasgow area but I seem to have misplaced this brick somewhere!
Canmore Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. 16/11/1895 – Glasgow Herald – The following Companies were registered in Edinburgh during the past week – 3039 – The Cleghorn Terra Cotta Co Ltd established with a capital of £25,000 divided into 2500 shares of £10 each, to carry out an agreement with Mark Hurll, brick manufacturer, Glasgow and to…
Found in Paisley. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – A very similar stamp on a brick found in the Glasgow area. Note that the letters are slightly wider.
