"Old Bricks - history at your feet"

Bricks with initials - where to locate them


A : (mystery)

A : Arscott Colliery

(triangle) A : Douglas Fireclay Works

A (with crown) : Earl of Ancaster

A B : Abraham Bury

A B & Sons (mystery)

A B C : Aberdare Brick Co

A B C : Alfreton Brick Co

A B C : A B Croxon, Burnham on Crouch

A B Co : Askam Brick Co

A B Co : Attercliffe Brick Co

A B & S Ltd : Abraham Brierley & Sons Ltd

A B & T : Allied Brick & Tile

A C : Alfred Coe

A C : Ashington Colliery Co

A C C L : Ashington Colliery Co

A F : Alfred Fuller

A H : (mystery)

A H C : Ackton Hall Colliery

A K : Andrew Knowles

A L & Co : Leideman & Co

A M : (foreign)

A & M : Alcock & Maude

A N B & Co : A N Braithwaite & Co

A P : Alfred Prangnell

A P B : Adderley Park

A.P. Co : Albert Prime

A P C : Axwell Park Colliery

A & T : Astley & Tyldesley

A T : Astley & Tyldesley

A V I C : Ashton Vale Iron Co

A W : Ackers Whitley

- AXE (hyphen axe) : Burn Fireclay


B : Basin Co

B : Bearpark

B : Belgrave Brick C.

B : Lord Belper

B : Bentley Tileries

B : (mystery)

B B : Baggeridge

B B : Barnett & Beddows

B B : Bovingdon Brick

B B B : Ketley

B B B B : Wakeley Brothers

B B B W A : Botany Bay Brick Works Armley

B B C : Bursledon Brick Co or Bury Brick Co

B B C : Bletchley Brick Co

B B C : Black Boy Colliery

B B Co Bulwell : Bulwell Brick Co

B B C Co : Black Boy Coal Company

B. B. C. W : Burham Brick & Cement Works

B B & T Co : Birchenwood Brick & Tile Co

B B & T Co : Bovingdon Brick & Tile Co

B B & T Co : Burscough Brick & Tile Co

B B & T Co Lim : Bradford Brick & Tile

B & C : (mystery)

B C : Bradford Colliery, Manchester

B C : Bridgewater Collieries

B C : Bolsover Colliery

B C B : Barker & Co

B C C : Bolsover Colliery

B C C : mystery

B C Co : Babbington Coal Co

B C Co : Bolsover Colliery Co

B. C. I. Coy : Bestwood Coal & Iron

B C & I Ld : Belfast Coal & Iron Ltd

B. Close : Bishop's Close Colliery

B C L : Mystery

B C M Bentley - Bentley Tileries

B C M Coronet - Coronet

B C M \ D P & S : Daniel Platt, Tunstall

B C M Etruscan - George Woolliscroft & Son

B C M Hartshill : Hartshill

B C M Heather : Heather Brick & Terra Cotta Co Ltd

B C M Horseshoe : John Caddick & Son Ltd

B C M Jacobean : Buckley Junction

B C M Silverdale : Silverdale Tileries

B C M / T V :Trent Vale Brick & Tile Co

B C M / W L P T : Woolpit

B C P : (mystery)

Bd C : Bradford Colliery, Manchester

B D S Co : Builders Direct Supply Co

B F B Co : Birkby

B F C C L : Bristol Fire Clay Co Ltd

B G & S : B Garside and Son

B H : Barlow, Hanley

B H : (mystery)

B & H : (mystery)

B & H : Blacklock & Hall

B H B : Buckley Brick & Tile Co Ltd

B H B Co: Bentley Hall Brickworks

B H S : Berry Hill

B I S : (mystery)

B & L : Bolton & Laughton

B & L : Benfield & Loxley

B M C : Building Materials Co

B M S S : Building Material Supply Stores

B N : Benjamin North

B & N W B co : Birchills

B P : Brooks & Pickup

B P B : Blockleys

B P C : Bear Park Colliery

B P & S : Benjamin Pike & Son

B R : (foreign)

B R E : (mystery)

B & R : Brown & Ragsdale

B S S P : Barry's Scarborough

B S T & L : Bingley Sanitary Tube & Lime Co

B & T : Balmforth & Tottey

B & V : Bolckow Vaughan & Co

B V : Bolckow Vaughan & Co

B V & Co : Bolckow Vaughan & Co

B V & Co W P : Bolckow Vaughan & Co

B V A P : Bolckow Vaughan & Co

B V B G : Bolckow, Vaughan & Co

B V L C : Bolckow Vaughan & Co

B V N : Bolckow, Vaughan & Co

B W B : Bolton Woods Brickworks

B W & S : Benjamin Whitaker & Sons

B W S : Whitaker, Leeds

B W S : Whitaker, Ravenscar


C : (mystery)

C with crown : Crown Clay Co

C B : Charlestown, Halifax

C B A : A B Croxon, Burnham on Crouch

C B B : Cakemore

C B C : Chester Brick Co

C B C : Cobridge Brick Co

C B Co : Charlestown, Halifax

C B Co : Cheshire Brick Co

C B Co : Cobridge Brick Co

C B & Co : Chadwick Barker

C B P & P Co : Commondale Brick, Pipe and Pottery Company Ltd

C. B W : (mystery)

C C : Crowborough

C & C Ld : Cochrane & Co Ltd

C & Co P : Carr & Co, Pocklington

C C C : Cossall Colliery Co

C C Co : Clay Cross Company

C C C Ltd : Cossall Colliery Co

C C Co Ltd : Crosland Coal Company

C C C C : Cannock Chase Colliery Co

C D : (mystery)

C. D G N : Cowling, Drighlington

C F C : Calder Fireclay Co

C C & F C Co : Cliffe Coal & Fire Clay Co

C & H : Caldwell & Harrison

C I C : Coltness Iron Co

C I Co Ld : Consett Iron Co Ltd

C J R : (mystery)

C J S & Co : Saunders, Chesterfield

CK : Clifton & Kearsley

C L : (mystery)

C & L : (mystery)

C & M : Chapman & Morson

C M : Stephenson

C M C : Carlton Main Colliery

C O : Joseph Morton

C R : Charles Robinson

C & R : Clark & Rea (Wrexham)

C R C : Cannock & Rugeley Collieries

C S : Croft Stone

C S C : Charlaw

C & S E : (mystery)

C W : Clifford White

C X C : Clay Cross


D (in a circle) : Duddell

D (in a diamond) : Dyson Refractories

D B C : Derby Brick & Tile Works

D B Co Ltd : Derby Brick Co

D B C : see entries for Derby Brick Co and Dorking Brick Co

D B C S L : Derby Brick Co

D B T W : Darby Brick & Tile Works

D B W : Joseph Parr, Bootle

D C : Dearham Colliery

D C & Co : Daniel Cornish

D C & S B & T C Durham : Durham City & Sidegate Brick & Tile Co

D D : Daniel, Doncaster

D F : David Fletcher

D F C : Douglas Firebrick Company (Scotland)

D & H : Derrington & Hales

D & H : Dodds & Harriman

D H B Co : Dagger Hey Brick Co

D H C :Coupe

D I C C : Denby Iron & Coal

D K & Co : Dale Knapping

D K C C : Derby Kilburn Colliery

D L : Dorman Long

D & M (P & M) : Parks & Marshall

D M C : Dalton Main Collieries Ltd

D M C C : Dinnington Main Colliery

D M L : (mystery)

D P & S : Daniel Platt, Tunstall

D R : Daniel Riddiough

D R : (foreign)

D S : Davies & Shaw

D & S : Dean & Smith

D S F : Derbyshire Silica Firebrick Co


E : (mystery)

E A S : (mystery)

E B : Elliotts Bricks

E B Co : Enfield Brick Co

E B P : Mystery

E B & R : (mystery)

E C : Eastwood Mill Company

E C :Edward Cornish

E C C : Eli Cornish

E C C S : Carloggas

E C L P : Rogers & Co, Wheal Remfry

E C P : East Cowes Park

E C & R : Clasper

E D : Earl of Durham or Earl of Derby

E D : Edwin Dusautoy, Derby

E F : Skiers Spring

E F W : Skiers Spring

E G : Edmund Grundy

E H : East Howle

E H . BK : East Howle

E H . BKL.G : East Howle

E H . HY : East Howle

E H : Edward Hamence

E H & Co : Holt, Rossendale

E H & Co : (mystery)

E H & S : Edward Handley & Sons

E H C : East Hetton Colliery

E H E L : Evans-Lombe

E & M : Emerson & Milner

E P : Elliott Page

E P : Ellis Partridge, Woodville

E P B : (mystery)

E R B C : Enfield Red Brick Co

E S : Earl of Sefton

E T, Chilwell : Thompson, Chilwell

E V : Eli Vassar


F : John Frank

F : (mystery)

F A N: Newdigate Colliery

F B & T C : Folkestone Brick & Tile Co

F B & T Co : Foleshill Brick & Tile Co

F & B : Fountain & Burnley

F B C : Frindsbury Brickfield Company

F Co : (mystery)

F Co Ld : Leeds Fireclay Co

F C C : Framwellgate Coal Co

F C Co : Framwellgate Coal Co

F C T : Fred Cornish, Tortoise

F F : (mystery)

F F I B : (mystery)

F g A : (mystery)

F H : Frank Horner

F H B L : Fencehouses

F H B W : F A Hill, Redditch

F I Co : Farnley Iron Co

F & J H T : Temperley, Todmorden

F L B : Freshfield Lane Brickworks

F L : Ferens & Love

F & L : Ferens & Love

F R & Co; Frederick Rayner & Co Gestingthorpe, Essex

F W : Fraser Woodbridge

F W : Buckley Brick & Tile Co Ltd

F W B : (mystery)

F W P, Daggons Road : Daggons Road Brickworks


G A B : George Almond, Burnham

G B : (mystery)

G B Co L : Gildenbergh Brick Co Ltd

G B Co : Globe Brick Co

G B Coy : (mystery)

G B M & S : George Backhouse Marshall & Sons

G B. P : (mystery)

G C & Co : George Chadwick

G C. M : G Chapman, Middlesbrough

G C R : George Clarke, Rishton

G C Q C L : Grays Chalk Quarries Co Ltd

G E B K C + STN : George Knighton

G E M - Alyn Brick & Tile (N E Wales)

G G : George Gomm

G G D : G G Dalton

G H : George Haslehurst

G H C : (mystery)

G H N : George Harvey Nunn

G & J H : George & John Haigh

G L W : G L Watson

G M B : (foreign)

G O : George Oakes

G Pd Rd or G P D : Grampound Road

G R : George Rixon

G R : General Refractories

G T K : George Thomas Killick

G T & S : Tucker, Loughborough

G V & B : G Vint & Bros

G & W H C : Carter, Greatham

G W P : Great Western Pottery

G W R : Great Western Railway

G W S : G W Spence


H : Hamblet

H : Lord Hastings

H : Marland

H Bros : Holloway Bros

H Castleford : Healdfield

H & Co : W W Hall & Co

H & Co : Harriman & Co

H & Co : Harrison, Otley

H & Co : Hooper & Co

H & Co, Anslow : Harrison & Co

H & Co, Boldon : Hodgson & Co

H A - 3 : Coalmoor

H B : Hammill Brick Eastry Ltd

H B : Henry Barnes

H B : Hemingborough

H B : Henry Bonsor or Hilary Bradley

H B : (mystery)

H & B : Hopkinson & Bates

H B C : Hoyland Brick Company

H B Co : Hangingwater Brick Co

H B Co : Hedingham Brick Co

H B Co : Hedingham Brick Co

H B B : Heeley Bank Brick Co

H B T W : Hermitage, Newbury

H B W : (mystery)

H B W : Hartley Brothers, Wakefield

H B W : (foreign)

H C Co : Harton Coal Company

H C D : (mystery)

H D : Heys & Duckworth

H D Castleford : Healdfield

H D M : Hugh Mainwaring

H E L : Evans-Lombe

H E L : Swanton Novers

H F : Hugh Facey

H F : Hunwick & Newfield

H F & Co : Henry Foster

H F G : Henry Fowell, Gnosall

H F : Hunwick & Newfield

H & F C Barnsley : H & F Chamberlain

H & G : Hall & Goulding

H G A : Hancock's Lane End Brickworks (Buckley)

H G & Co, Fletton : Hicks

H G M : Henry George Matthews

H G P : Henry Green

H G P : (mystery)

H H : H. Hawes

H H : Henry Hill

H & H : Harrison & Haigh

H I : (mystery)

H K : Henry Kidd

H K : Henry Knights

H L : H. Lustig

H & M : Hadley & Morris

H M B : Hadley's Metallic, Willenhall

H M C : Hartley Main Colliery

H M L : Henry Matravers

H & N : Hunwick & Newfield

H O & Co : (mystery)

H P : Henry Priestley

H P B Co : Horsforth Patent Brick Co

H P. Lynn : Henry Plowright

H P S Co - High Peak Silica Co

H R : Henry Rowbotham

H R : Hall & Rogers, Smithy Bridge

H & R : Hall & Rogers Westhoughton

H R & C : (mystery)

H & S M C Co Ltd : Holmside and South Moor Collieries

H S : Harry Saunders

H S : Henry Stobart

H S & C : Henry Stobart & Co

H S & Co : Henry Stobart & Co

H S & E : (mystery)

H T : Hosea Tugby

H & T H : (mystery)

H W : Haunchwood

H W : Henry Watson

H W : Henry Wheeler

H W & Co : Henry Williamson & Co

H + W : Haunchwood

H & W C : H & W Crapper

H W H : Hudsons West Hoathly

H (W) L : Hadley & Morris, Wednesbury


I & W. G : Ingham & Wainwright, Gawthorpe

I B C : Inkerman Brick Co

I B L : Ibstock Brick Leicester

I C Co : Ilkeston Colliery

I C : Isaac Chippendale

I D : John Davidson

I E : John Ellis

I F : Isaac Flavell

I F G : Gosling

I H : Igmanthorpe Hall

I H E C : (mystery)

I H R & Co : J H Richardson

I M P : (foreign)

I M R & Co : J H Richardson

I N : (mystery)

I Q B Co : Indian Queen Brick Co

I R : John Robson

I R D : Rowland, Dukinfield

I T W : John Thomas Wharton

I of W E : Isle of Walney Estates


J & A J : J & A Jackson

J & B H : J & B Harrison

J B : James Brown

, Essex

J B : James Brown

, Rossington

J B & Co : John Brown, Rotherham

J B, Longton : James Bettany, Longton

J B & S : John Bakewell & Sons

J B U : James Brown

J B W : John Bazley White

J B W : (mystery)

J & C B : J & C Boyle

J C : John Chambers

J & C B : Jonathan & C Boyle

J. & J. C. G. : (mystery)

J D & Co : John Davison

J E : James Evans

J E : (mystery)

J E B : Billups (wales)

J E D : John Evelyn Denison

J F : Joseph Fryer

J F : (mystery)

J G : (mystery)

J G & S : John Garland & Sons

J H : Joseph Hill

J H : John Hogarth

J H (with rope & anchor) : Joseph Hamblet

J H C : Hamblet

J H G : Gosling

J H G : (mystery)

J H L & P : Love

J H P O : James Oakes, Nowton

J H R : (mystery)

J H S : J H Shepherd

J H & S : John Hurst & Son

J J A : Joberns, Aldridge

J J W : J J Wagstaff

J & J A H : J Haigh

J & J W C : James & Joshua Wrigley

J K : (mystery)

J L : John Langley

J L : Joseph Longley

J L : John Longson

J L B : (mystery)

J M & S : John Matthew & Son

J N P : John Nottingham, Pocklington

J O N : James Oakes, Nowton

J O & S B : Ormrod, Bolton

J P : Joseph Parkinson

J P : James Pickard

J P : John Pike

J P B Co : Jersey Plastic Brick Co

J P D & C : (mystery)

J R : J & R Howie

J R : James Rainer

J R : Jacob Reynolds, St. Albans

J R : Joseph Roberts

J R & Co : Rogers & Co, Wheal Remfry

J R H : J & R Howie

J. R P : John & Richard Porter

J R, Rainhill : John Roby

J S : John Simpson

J S & S : John Sadler & Sons

J S & S : John Speakman & Sons Ltd

J S & Son : (mystery)

J S S : James Stocks, Sharlston

J S & Son : (mystery)

J T : J Terry

J T & S : John Tomlinson & Son

J T & Son : John Tomlinson & Son

J T H : Joseph Towler, Holbeck

J T L : Thorougood

J T W : John Thomas Wren

J U I : (mystery)

J W : Jabez Woolley see Woolley, Bramley

J W : James Womersby

J W : John Walker

J W : (mystery)

J W E : J W Edwards

J W H : James William Halliwell

J W Rn : John Whittaker, Royton

J W L : John Walker

J & W : Johnson & Wroe

J & W B : J & William Buxton


K : Daniel Knights

K : Kemp

K : Ketley Brick

K : Kitchener

K : Knowles, Furness Vale

K B : Kilner Brothers

K B Ltd : Kilner Brothers

K B Co Ld : Killamarsh

K B & T Co : Kettering Brick & Tile

K C : Kidsgrove Colliery

K C : (mystery)

K & C : Keir & Cawder (Scotland)

K Co : Ketley Brick Co

K & D : Kaye & Darwin

K E B - Kate Elizabeth Bean

K P : Ketley Pavior (Ketley Brick)

K P : Kiveton Park

K P Ltd : Kinson Pottery Ltd

K R P : Knitsley Refractory Products

K T Co : Knutton Tileries

K T G : King Taudevin & Gregson Ltd


L : Londonderry

L : Longley

L : Lucas Brothers

L : T Ludlow

L : (mystery)

L A : (foreign)

L A : (mystery)

L & A : Leverstock & Acorn

L B : (foreign)

L B : London Brick Company

L B C : London Brick Company

L B C : Lumley Brick Co

L B Co Ld : Leeds Brickmaking Co

L B B : Lingfield

LBSB Co : Langley

L B W : Leasingthorne Brick Works

L B W : Longmead Brick Works

L D G : (mystery)

L E : Luke Evans

L & E : Lockwood & Elliott

L F Co : Leeds Fireclay

L & G : Laycock & Grace

L H & J C : Lambton, Hetty & Joicey Collieries

L L C C : Low Laithes Colliery Co

L N : (mystery)

L N W R : London & North Western Railway

LP : Langley Park

L & P : Love

L P B Co: Leeds Patent Brick

L P B & Tile : Leicester Patent Brick & Tile

L R : Livingston Refractories Ltd

L & T : Leeman & Thomas

L T B Co : Lapal Tunnel Brick Co


M : Malton

M : Mansfield

M : Thomas Marshall

M : Marshall Green

M A - Martin Ashworth

Mac : McCarthy's Bullwell

M B : Miles Barber

M B C/ M B & T C/MMBrick : Michelmersh

M B Co W : Midland Brick Co Wellingborough

M B L C : Midhurst Brick Co

M B S : Manchester Brick Specialists (foreign)

M B & T C : Milton Brick & Tile Co

M B & T Co : Milnrow Brick & Tile Co

M D R : Malton & Driffield Railway

M C : Malton Colliery

M C : Middleton Colliery

M C B C : Mow Cop Brick Co

M C Co : Middleton Colliery Co

M C & I C : Midland Coal & Iron Co

M F & Sons : (mystery)

M & G : Marshall & Gray, Guiseley

M G : Mark Gentry

M G : Marshall Green

M G B W : Marshall Green

M G H : Mark Gentry, Hedingham

M H : Milton Hall

M H B : Blanchard, Bishops Waltham

M H B C : Meadow Hall Brick Co

M H B C : Milton Hall Brick Company

M K : KIngmoor

M L : (mystery)

ML : McLachlan & Co

M L & S : (mystery)

M & N : Monk & Newell (Wales)

M M : Marshall, Guiseley

M M C : Manvers Main Colliery

M & P : Mobberley and Perry

M S & Co : Marshall Sons & Co

M & S Hall End : Morris & Shaw

M & Sons - Marshall & Sons

M B Co L : Millom Brick Co

M O M : (mystery)

M & Sons : William Moss & Sons

M S & Co - Marshall Sons & Co

M S & W : Meek, Spence & Wilson

M S & B W : Mansfield Stone & Brick Works

M S B Co : Meltham Silica Brick Co

M S C Co : Mansfield

M T & Co : M Thompson & Co

M W : Midhurst Brick Co

M W : Margaret Wenn

M x : Meltham Silica Brick Co

M y & Co : Murray & Co


N : Newington or Newdigate (Surrey)

N & A Bk Co : Nottingham & Awsworth Brick Co

N B : North Bitchburn

N & B : Nightingale & Bushell

N B C C L : North Bitchburn

N B C : New Brancepeth Colliery

N B & T Co : Normanby

N C : Newfield

N C : Newton Cap

N C : Norbury Colliery

N C : North Cornwall Brick

N C & Co : Newton Chambers

N.Cap : Newton Cap

N C B : National Coal Board

N C B : North Cornwall Brick

N. Cap : Newton Cap

N C T T : Nicholas Cawthorn

N E B : North Eastern Bricks

N E R : North Eastern Railway

N F B : New Forest Brick Co

N G B : North Greaves

N-H : North Hetton

N & H : Nicholson & Hunter

N H C : North Hetton Colliery

N M M Co : mystery

N P B : New Peterborough Brick Co

N P B High Carr : Nonporous Tile Co

N P C : Porth

N S : See British Steel

N S Brick Co Hartshill : North Staffordshire Brick Co

N S B and N & S B : Norfolk & Suffolk Brick Co

N S R : (mystery)

N W B Co : North Walsall Brick Co

N W B & T Co Ld : Monk & Newell (Ruabon, wales)

N W D A : Wear Valley

N W G : (mystery)


O : (mystery)

O 7 K : Sevenoaks

O B : Eclipse (Wales)

O B C : Ormsgill Brick Co

O Bros : Oakland

O B W : Outwood Brick Works

O C & B C : Oswestry

O D W : (mystery)

O E H C : East Howle

O H C : Hamsteels

O H C P: Hamsteels

O & L : Oakes & Longley

O M E : Owners of the Middlesbrough Estate

O P - Daniel Platt

OSTA : Owen, St. Albans

O U C : Owners of Unsworth Colliery

O W C : Owners of Wearmouth Colliery


P : William Pringle

P : Pritchett

P with crown : Poltimore Brickworks, Pinhoe

P B Co Ltd : Potteries Brick Co

P & Co Ld : Pritchett

P & D : Pringle & Donkin

P F B : Park Foundry Brick Co

P G : Parkgate

P G : Preston Grange (Scotland)

P G & R : Partridge Guest & Raybould

P & G : Partridge & Guest, Old Hill

P H : Peter Hobson

P H (refractory bricks) : Pickford Holland & Co

P H : Hedingham Brick Co, Purls Hill Works

P H P : (mystery)

P & H, Cobridge : Plant & Hammersley

P L : Park Lane

P L : Pratt

P & M : Parks & Marshall

P & P : Pope & Pearson

P R : (mystery)

P R C : Princess Royal Colliery

P & S : Parkinson & Spencer, Halifax

P S B : Pluckley Stock Bricks

P S S : (mystery)


R : (mystery)

R & A Bletchley : Read & Andrews

RB : Lathom

R B C : Redheugh Brick Co

R B Co : Redheugh Brick Co

R B Co : South Buckley Colliery & Brickworks (Wales)

R C : Rowlands Castle

R C : Robert Chenery

R & C : Rigley & Claxton, Heanor

R C R : Roman, Clark & Rea (Wrexham)

R E : Richard Evans

R E & Co : R Entwistle & Co

REK : R E Knowles

R G B & F C Co Ld : Ruabon Glazed Brick and Fireclay Co Ltd

R G D Bury : R G Durrant

R H & S : Robert Heath

R H : Richard Hartley

R H : Robert Hunt

R H : Robert Hutson

R K : Robert Kershaw

R L : Rippers Ltd

R L : (mystery)

R M & S : Richard Mason & Sons

R P : (mystery)

R P D & Co : Ralph, Preece, Davies & Co

R P & F Co : Dearnley Brickworks

R P B : Lathom

R P C : Richard Platt

R. R. : (mystery)

R R B Co : Rock Red Brick Co

R S : Robert Swinton

RS with crossed keys : Cross Keys

R T B : Richard Thomas & Baldwins (Wales)

R T & Co : Richard Thomas & Co

R T L : (mystery)

R V : Rother Vale

R W Beswick : Richard Williams

R & W : Rushforth & Wheatley

RYK : Ryarsh Yard Kent


S : Ernest S Styles

S 8 : (mystery)

S (with crown) : Spencer

S & Co : Savage

S & Co : Stephens & Co (Wales)

S A L I C : Salvation Army Land Industrial Colony

S A S : S A Sadler

S B : Lilleshall Company

S B : William Henry Shaw

S B Co : Somerleyton Brick Co

S B Co : Sudbury Brick Co

 S B / S B H : Swan Bank Halifax

S B & B : Swan Brothers & Bourne

S B B Coy : Smithy Bridge Brick Company

S B C : Scottish Brick Company (Scotland)

S B C : South Brancepeth Colliery

S B Co : Scarborough

S B E C : Sussex Brick & Estates Co Ltd

S B & S : Samuel Barnett & Sons

S B T : Southwater

S B W : Sturbridge Brick Works

S C B W : Sayers Common Brick Works

S & C : Scantlebury & Co, Gaverigan

S C C : Stella Coal Company or Sheffield Coal Company

S C Co : Station Colliery Company or Stella Coal Company

S D : Smeed Dean

S D B : Southdown

S D C : Seaton Delaval Colliery

S D H S : Samuel Daubney Hibbert

S D R : Dyson Group

S E B : South Elmsall

S G B : Stourbridge Glazed Brick

S & H : Smith & Hitchmough

S H C C : South Hetton Coal Co

S I C : Stanton Ironworks Co

S I & C : Staveley

S & L : Straker & Love

S & L B Co : Slough and Langley Brick Co

S M : South Medomsley

S M & Co : Sykes Macvay & Co

S M C : Scremerston Main Colliery

S M C Co : South Moor Coal Co

S O L : Scottish Oils Ltd (Scotland)

Spinella : General Refractories

S P B C : Sheffield Patent Brick Co

S P L : Silica Products Limited

S P W : Special Purpose White see McCarthy, Bulwell

S R : Swann Ratcliffe

Star of David mark : P & S Wood, West Bromwich

S S : E Smith & Sons

S S E Co : Southend on Sea, Essex

St B : Stanfield Colliery, Burslem

S T : (mystery)

S T & Co : Samuel Tyzack & Co

S T & L Co : Bingley Sanitary Tile & Lime Co

S T C Co : Stone Trough Colliery Co

S T N : (mystery)

S U B : Scarborough United Brick

S U G L Co : Sheffield United Gas Light Co

S U R Co : Shropshire Union Railway Co

S V R : (mystery)

S & W : Savage & Williams

S & W : Smith & Wellstood (Scotland)

S & W : Southerns & Watson

S & W Newcastle: Southerns & Watson

S W: (mystery)

S W B : Foss

S W S : Samuel Wilkinson & Sons


T : (mystery)

T : Templeton (Scotland)

T A & Co : (mystery)

T B : (mystery)

T B Derby : Thomas Bennett, Derby

T + B : Townsend & Barlow

T & B : Thompson & Beck

T B C : (mystery)

T B Co : Thomas Blythe & Co

T B N : Thomas Brand

T C & Co : T Charlton

T & P : Thackrah & Peirce

T E C Co : Toll End Colliery Company

Temco : Thomas Marshall

T H : The How Brickworks

T H : Tudhoe

T H B : Thomas Hedley & Brothers

T H L : (mystery)

T H & P : Townsend, Hargreaves & Barlow

T H & S : Thomas Hind & Son

T H & G S : T H & G Small

T H & B Bacup : Townsend, Hargreaves & Barlow

T L B : Thomas Lawrence, Bracknell

T M : Milner

T M F B Co : Thomas Marshall

T N : T Noble

T P S C : Stableford, Chellaston

T R & Co : (mystery)

T R T : Thomas Richardson Taylor

T & S : Tyhurst & Son

T S : Thomas Smith

T S B : (mystery)

T S L : Tucker, Loughborough

T T : (coping)

T & T : Thompson & Taylor

T V : Trent Vale

T V : Tyne Vale

T V B Co : Trent Valley Brick Co Stafford

T W : Thomas Wild

T W & Co : (mystery)

T W Co : Thomas Williams (Wales)


U B Co : (foreign, USA)

U F P : United Fireclay Products (Scotland)

U M C : Ushaw Moor Colliery


V B : Victoria Brickworks

V B & T Co : Victoria Brick & Tile Works

V C : Victoria Coal Company

V & D : Verzocchi and de Romano

V G C : Victoria Garesfield Colliery

V L : Vane Londonderry


W : (mystery)

W (in Star of David) : P & S Wood

W : Waingroves or Winchcombe

W : Werrar

W : Whitehaven Firebrick

W : Woodward

W 2 : Bolckow Vaughan

W A : Wheal Grey

W & A : Walley & Alsop

W A S : Walter Ainley, Storth

Walham : Wintle

W & Co : Walton & Co

W & Co : Henry Williamson & Co

W & W T S : (mystery)

W B : William Booth

W B : William Boyce

W B : William Brooks junior

W B : William Brough

W B : Barry's Scarborough

W B C : Walsall Brick Co

W B Co : Wigwell Brick Co

W B Co : Willenhall Brick Co

W B. M : William Bradley, Millom

W & B : Wilson & Booth, Meadowhead

W B & Sons : William Beardsley

W B B : William Bartholomew Best

W B D : William Bromley-Davenport, Woodford

W B D - M : William Bromley-Davenport, Marton

W B I : Welsh Brick Industries (Wales)

W B O : (mystery)

W B S : Wilson Brothers, Sandal

W B & T Co : Wrexham Brick & Tile Co (N E Wales pages)

W B & T Co : Withnell Brick & Terracotta Co

W B W : Woodside Brick Works, Croydon

W B W    S : W B Walker, Sylecroft

W C : William Carr

W C : William Case

W C : (mystery)

W C Co : Wearmouth Coal Co

W C Co Ld : Whitwick Colliery

W C M, W C Malton & W C Malton Scarboro :  William Coverdale, Malton

W & C : Weldon & Corby

W & C : Wharton & Chambers

W & Co : Walton & Co

W & C C : (mystery)

W C & Co : Wooler, Chapman & Co

W C I B : (mystery)

W C L : Wynnstay Colliery Ltd (Ruabon, Wales)

W C W : W C Wood (Scotland)

W D : William Drewitt

W D B : William David Boothman

W D C : W D Cornish

W D J : (mystery)

W D L : William Drury Lowe, Denby

W D P : (mystery)

W D & S H - William Dougill & Sons, Horwich

W E : William Edmundson

W E Co : Carloggas

W E P : West End Park, Harrogate

W F : (mystery)

W F : William Finch

W F B : Witton Fire Brick Co

W F B Co : Witton Fire Brick Co

W F B & T : Weston Favell Brick & Tile

W F C C : Wortley Fire Clay Co

W F I : (mystery)

W F T M B W : William Fletcher, Tong Moor Brickworks, Bolton

W G and W G B : Gradwell

W G : William Green

W G : William Gunton

W H : William Hall

W H : William Hammond

W H : William Holdsworth

W H : (mystery)

W H B : William & Henry Bower

W H C : West Hunwick Colliery

W H C : W H Collier

W & H C Co Ltd: Wallsend & Hebburn Colliery Co

W H F C Co : Wrose Hill

W H S : William Hewitt, Stowmarket

W & I : Wood & Ivery

W I S Coy Ltd : Workington Iron & Steel Co Ltd

W J : William Jones, Rumer Hill

W J C Co : Wigan Junction Colliery Co

W J G : W J Greenwood

W J L : William James Larner

W K : Wokingham

W L : William Liner

W L : (mystery)

W L Co Ld : Waterhead Land Co Ltd

W Ltd : Wengers Ltd

W M : West Melton

W M : (mystery)

W M H : (mystery)

W M & S : William Moss & Sons

W N : William Newsome

W O B : William Ormrod, Bolton

W P : Wills & Packham

W P : William Parkinson

W P : William Peacock

W P & S : William Pickard & Sons

W R : William Reed

W S : William Shepherd

W S : William Sutcliffe

W S : Woodside

W S Ironi : Woodside

W S & Son : W Stephenson & Son

W S C : Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery

W S C C : Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery

WT HK : West Hunwick

W & T B : William & Thomas Boardman

W T M : William & Thomas Meadows

W T W : William Thomas, Wellington

W V C : Wear Valley

W & W : Wilkins & Webster, Coventry

W & W : Wilson & Walker, Pontefract

W & W T S : Waddington & Wood

W W : William Wood

W W : William Wright

W W : (mystery)

W W S :  Simpkin Thrussington


Y & A : York & Acomb

Y & B : Young & Biscomb

Y D & Co (mystery)


ZMAN : (foreign)


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