Scottish bricks found in Barbados

Many thanks to Bruce MacDonald for the following photographs which were taken at The Sunbury Plantation House, St Philip Parish Barbados.

All the bricks present were fire bricks and included English manufacturers such as Ruffors of Stourbridge, Cowen of Newcastle and Duddell of Fenton.

90% of the bricks present appear to have been stamped ‘Glenboig’.

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Below – Calder

Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge.

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Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire.

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Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire.

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Below – Bonnybridge Brand

Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge.

Below – Castlecary

Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire

Below – Gem

Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire

Below – Etna

Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian.

Alternative brickworks include:

  • West Works, Armadale, West Lothian.

Below – Gartcraig

Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow.

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Below – Sankey BM Scotch, Sankey BM Scotch Cannington, Sankey Aluma.

J H Sankey & Son, Essex Wharf, Canning Town, London.

This may be a Scottish product. A collaboration between Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary hence the Scotch reference.  Please see this link for my reasons – click me.

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Below – Glenboig A1 and B Glenboig.

Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.

Alternative brickworks include:

  • Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
  • Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire

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Below – Ignis

J & R Howie Ltd, Hurlford, Kilmarnock.

Below – Nettle and Thistle

  • 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.

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