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The Round the World Brick Trip
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European Bricks and Tiles

France and Belgium

Roofing tiles mainly from Pontypridd Lido restoration and one found in New Zealand

'Guichard Carvin Marseille St Andre France', in the visitor centre, Pontypridd Lido
'Guichard Carvin Marseille St Andre France' 		'Guichard Freres Seon St Henri Marseilles', found in Foxton, New Zealand
'Guichard Freres Seon St Henri Marseilles' 		'Saint Momelin', France, in the visitor centre, Pontypridd Lido
'Saint Momelin', France 		'Sterreberg Courtrai Made in Belgium', in the visitor centre, Pontypridd Lido
'Sterreberg Courtrai Made in Belgium'
'Tuileries du Nord Monopole', France, in the visitor centre, Pontypridd Lido
'Tuileries du Nord Monopole', France 		'Tuileries du Nord Watten', France, in the visitor centre, Pontypridd Lido
'Tuileries du Nord Watten', France 		'Tuileries Wardrecques', France, in the visitor centre, Pontypridd Lido
'Tuileries Wardrecques', France

Gibraltar

Other than the Portuguese bricks below, these British bricks also turned up on Gibraltar

'Eastwoods 4 pressed', Eastwood, Notts
'Eastwoods 4 pressed' 		'Phorpres', London Brick Co, Beds
'Phorpres'

Portugal

Some bricks found in Gibraltar with a roller-type imprint from the 'Faceal', Fabrica de Ceramica do Algarve brickworks in Paderne, Portugal.

Faceal, Paderne, Portugal, found in Gibraltar
Faceal, Paderne 		Faceal, Paderne, Portugal, found in Gibraltar
Faceal, Paderne 		Faceal, Paderne, Portugal, found in Gibraltar
Faceal, Paderne

Montenegro

A part of a roof tile made at the Racica brickworks at Tivat, Montenegro

'Racica Tivat' tile, found in Kotor, Montenegro, May 2018
'Racica Tivat' tile 		'Racica Tivat' tile, found in Kotor, Montenegro, May 2018
'Racica Tivat' tile 		Racica Tivat brickworks, Montenegro, May 2018
Racica Tivat brickworks 		Racica Tivat brickworks, Montenegro, May 2018
Racica Tivat brickworks

Egypt

I went to Egypt just before I got interested in bricks but I did get a few photos of this old brickworks in Luxor. I seem to remember quite a few old brickworks along the banks of the Nile.

Luxor brickworks, Egypt, June 2010
Luxor brickworks, Egypt 		Luxor brickworks, Egypt, June 2010
Luxor brickworks, Egypt 		Luxor brickworks, Egypt, June 2010
Luxor brickworks, Egypt

New Zealand

New Zealand had a thriving brick industry and there are a great many to find but information on them is not easy to come by.

Tawhiti Museum, Hawera, South Taranaki

Amongst its tableaux, this amazing museum has a small brick kiln incorporating a lot of New Zealand bricks. It was difficult to photograph which accounts for the fuzziness of some photos where they have been trimmed from some overall scenes.

'A A Quinn Hawera' at Tawhiti Museum
'A A Quinn Hawera' 		'AK Gas', possibly Auckland Gasworks, at Thames, Spring 2017
'AK Gas' 		'Aldertons Aramoho' near Wanganui, at Tawhiti Museum
'Aldertons Aramoho'
'B' at Ferrymead Museum, Christchurch, Spring 2017
'B' 		'B & P Ltd P N', from Palmerston North, at Tawhiti Museum
'B & P Ltd P N' 		'Brick & Tile Ch Ch', from Christchurch, at Tawhiti Museum
'Brick & Tile Ch Ch' 		'Buxton', Possibly 'Thomas Buxton' of Makarewa, Southland, at Tawhiti Museum
'Buxton'
'Brunner' large imprint at Brunner Brickworks near Greymouth, Spring 2017
'Brunner' large imprint 		'Brunner' large imprint at Brunner Brickworks near Greymouth, Spring 2017
'Brunner' large imprint 		'Brunner' small imprint at Brunner Brickworks near Greymouth, Spring 2017
'Brunner' small imprint 		'Brunner' small imprint at Brunner Brickworks near Greymouth, Spring 2017
'Brunner' small imprint
'C Jones' possibly, at Tawhiti Museum
'C Jones' possibly 		'C Myers', type 1, Invercargill Brickworks, Spring 2017
'C Myers', type 1 		'C Myers', type 2, Invercargill Brickworks, Spring 2017
'C Myers', type 2
'Carbofrax', probably from the UK but could be American, at Mangaroa, Wellington, Spring 2017
'Carbofrax' 		'CBC' could just be American, at Ferrymead Museum, Christchurch, Spring 2017
'CBC' 		'CH Gas Co', probably Christchurch Gasworks, at Ferrymead Museum, Christchurch, Spring 2017
'CH Gas Co' 		'Collins Huntly' at Thames, Spring 2017
'Collins Huntly'
'Emeny & Lampitt Okoia', Okoia Brickworks near Whanganui, at Tawhiti Museum
'Emeny & Lampitt Okoia' 		'Emeny & Lampitt Okoia', Okoia Brickworks near Whanganui, at Tawhiti Museum
'Emeny & Lampitt Okoia' 		'DCR', type 1, from the Driving Creek Railway, Coromandel, Spring 2017
'DCR', type 1 		'DCR', type 2, from the Driving Creek Railway, Coromandel, Spring 2017
'DCR', type 2
'Detrick SP 13 Nettle' from the Nettle works in Scotland, at Ferrymead Museum, Christchurch, Spring 2017
'Detrick SP 13 Nettle' 		Douglas Brickworks, Taranaki, 1920, at Tawhiti Museum
Douglas Brickworks, Taranaki 		'Drury NZ' from Drury brickworks, Drury, South of Auckland, © Photo courtesy of Bill Harvey
'Drury NZ' 		'Dykehead' from Bonnybridge, Scotland, UK, at Tawhiti Museum
'Dykehead'
'Emeny and Co Douglas', from Taranaki, at Tawhiti Museum
'Emeny and Co Douglas' 		'Emeny and Co Douglas', from Taranaki, at Tawhiti Museum
'Emeny and Co Douglas' 		'G Boyd Auckland NZ' © Photo courtesy of Susan Mills
'G Boyd Auckland NZ' 		'Glenboig A1' from Glenboig, Scotland, at Ferrymead Museum, Christchurch, Spring 2017
'Glenboig A1'
'Glenboig A1 W12' from Glenboig, Scotland, at Ferrymead Museum, Christchurch, Spring 2017
'Glenboig A1 W12' 		'Glenburn Avondale' from Auckland, at Kawakawa, 2019, © Photo courtesy of Bill Harvey
'Glenburn Avondale' 		'Glenburn Avondale' from Auckland, at Tawhiti Museum
'Glenburn Avondale' 		'GLR', in Westport Museum, Spring 2017
'GLR'
Brick made by Mr Goodwin of Waitaka, in Waitaka Museum, Spring 2017
Goodwin of Waitaka 		Brick made by Mr Goodwin of Waitaka, in Waitaka Museum, Spring 2017
Goodwin of Waitaka 		Brick made by Mr Goodwin of Waitaka, in Waitaka Museum, Spring 2017
Goodwin of Waitaka 		'Guichard Freres Seon St Henri Marseilles', at Foxton, Spring 2017
'Guichard Freres Seon St Henri Marseilles'
'H30' possibly from Huntly at Thames, Coromandel, Spring 2017
'H30' 		'H & Co', at Tawhiti Museum
'H & Co' 		'H Graves Patea', from the Patea Steam brick Co, at Tawhiti Museum
'H Graves Patea' 		'Hawera', from Taranaki, at Tawhiti Museum
'Hawera'
'Home Bush N Z' from Glentunnel, near Christchurch, at Tawhiti Museum
'Home Bush N Z'
'J Granger & Sons', Whitford, Auckland, found at Kawakawa, 2019, © Photo courtesy of Bill Harvey
'J Granger & Sons' 		'J J Craig Auckland', Hamilton, near Auckland, at Tawhiti Museum
'J J Craig Auckland' 		'J J Craig Auckland' from Hamilton near Auckland, at Thames, Spring 2017
'J J Craig Auckland' 		'J Smith, Patea' another brickworks in Patea, at Tawhiti Museum
'J Smith Patea'
Jon or John or could be Jones, at Tawhiti Museum
Jon or John or could be Jones 		'K' at Ferrymead Museum, Christchurch, Spring 2017
'K' 		'Kendrick Bros Aramoho. © Photo courtesy of Frank Lawson
'Kendrick Bros Aramoho' 		Aramoho brickworks
Aramoho brickworks
'KG Hifrax' from Kamo Green Refractories, Whangarai, at Ferrymead Museum, Christchurch, Spring 2017
'KG Hifrax' 		'KG Unifrax' from Kamo Green Refractories, Whangarai, at Ferrymead Museum, Christchurch, Spring 2017
'KG Unifrax' 		'Kirk', Possibly H B Kirk of Timaru, at Tawhiti Museum
'Kirk'
'Neighbours Westport' type 1, at Tawhiti Museum
'Neighbours Westport' type 1 		'Neighbours Westport' type 1, at Westport Museum, Spring 2017
'Neighbours Westport' type 1 		'Neighbours Westport' type 2, at Westport Museum, Spring 2017
'Neighbours Westport' type 2 		'Newbold A' possibly from Victoria, Australia, at Carterton, Wairarapa, Spring 2017
'Newbold A'
'NZ Brick Co New Lynn', Auckland, found at Kawakawa, 2019, © Photo courtesy of Bill Harvey
'NZ Brick Co New Lynn' 		'NZI' at Ferrymead Museum, Christchurch, Spring 2017
'NZI'
'Overend & Clarke, Wellington', at Tawhiti Museum
'Overend & Clarke Wellington' 		'Redwoodtown' from Redwoodtown brickworks, Blenheim at Picton, Spring 2017
'Redwoodtown' 		'R O Horsley Ltd Ch Ch', R O Horsley Ltd, Christchurch, at Tawhiti Museum
'R O Horsley Ltd Ch Ch'
'Todd' type 1, from Thomas Todd and Sons, Waikari, Otago, Southland, at Tawhiti Museum
'Todd' type 1 		'Todd', type 2 from Thomas Todd and Sons, Waikari, Otago at Ferrymead Museum, Christchurch, Spring 2017
'Todd', type 2 		'Tonks', from Tonks Avenue Brickworks, Wellington, at Tawhiti Museum
'Tonks'
'W' at Ferrymead Museum, Christchurch, Spring 2017
'W' 		'W Hunt Auckland' found at Kawakawa, 2019, © Photo courtesy of Bill Harvey
'W Hunt Auckland' 		'Wi Tako', from Wi Tako Prison brickworks, Trentham, Upper Hutt, at Tawhiti Museum
'Wi Tako' type 1 		Wi Tako prison brickworks, Wellington, type 2 at Picton, Spring 2017
Wi Tako brickworks, type 2
'W Mouldey P N', from Palmerston North, at Tawhiti Museum
'W Mouldey P N' 		'W Mouldey P N', from Palmerston North, at Tawhiti Museum
'W Mouldey P N' 		'W N' in a diamond border by William Neighbours who began brick making in Christchurch around 1858. He frequently changed his brands and sometimes dated the bricks as part of the frog. He later moved to Waimangaroa, North of Westport where assisted by his six sons her established a large pottery business, at Tawhiti Museum
'W N' in a diamond border 		'W Quinn', near Timaru, South Island, at Tawhiti Museum
'W Quinn'
'Wynn' at Picton, Spring 2017
'Wynn' 		A motif or initials, at Tawhiti Museum
A motif or initials 		A pointed brick at Tawhiti Museum
A pointed brick 		A three hole brick at Tawhiti Museum
A three hole brick

Japan (or Australia)

Japan doesn't seem to have had a brick industry. There's very few about and all I saw were unmarked. However I did find one Australian brick at a station near Yatsushima, Kyushu.

'Toowoomba Brick Co', from Toowoomba, Queensland but found in rural Japan, September 2017
'Toowoomba Brick Co'

Bricks and brickworks from the Indian Sub-continent

I went to India to visit the Hill Railways but I wan't expecting to come across dozens and dozens of small brickworks, generally making bricks by hand. All but one of my photos are from Northern India, between Amritsar and Darjeeling. In Southern India I was only able to get a photo of one example though there we passed many more. Unusually they all seemed to have their imprint on the end of the brick.

Bricks, mostly found in India

The imprints on Indian bricks appear to be codes rather than names of brickworks in most cases. As I've come across other bricks from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal I've included them here for the record. Some brick imprints end in 'BF' which appears to represent a 'Building Fund' for temples or other public and community buildings.

Selling second-hand brick moulds seems to be a lucrative business in India and the imprints I've seen include :-
'ABCD', 'ABF', 'A&R', 'AU', 'AVADH', 'AVN', 'B.B', 'BVBV', 'CKP', 'DBF', 'GBF', 'JJ', 'KBF', 'KHAN', 'KING', 'LOHA', 'MBF', 'MBI', 'MDS', 'NBF', 'NHS', 'OM', 'O#M','RAJA 31', 'RAMA', 'RJV', 'RLV', 'RXB', 'SONA', 'SRS', 'UA', 'UTI', 'VSHV', 'ZBF', '777'

Bricks - A to Z

'3K'
'3K' 		'A98K'
'A98K' 		'AB', © Photo courtesy of Tim Donaldson
'AB' 		ABC'
'ABC'
'AKN', type 1
'AKN', type 1 		'AKN', type 2
'AKN', type 2 		'AMAR'
'AMAR' 		'ANL'
ANL'
'BABA', © Photo courtesy of Nigel Megson and 'Old Bricks'
'BABA' 		'BMX'
'BMX' 		BRUN
'BRUN' 		'BS'
'BS'
'CL'
'CL' 		'CL25'
'CL25'
'DBC'
'DBC' 		'DD36'
'DD36' 		'DURGA'
'DURGA'
'EIR', the East India Railway Co, © Photo courtesy of Clive Ayling
'EIR', the East India Railway Co
'GANGA', © Photo courtesy of David Hill
'GANGA' 		'GMK', end imprint (from Ooti, Southern India)
'GMK', end imprint 		'GN, © Photo courtesy of Tim Donaldson
'GN' 		'GOLD
'GOLD'
'GOPAL
'GOPAL' 		'Haji'
'Haji', Arifwala, Pakistan 		Haji brickworks, Arifwala, Pakistan
Haji brickworks, Arifwala, Pakistan
'HAHAN'
'HAHAN' 		'HBC', © Photo courtesy of Gordon Wyle
'HBC' 		'HBF' and the brickmakers wife and child!
'HBF' and the brickmakers wife and child! 		'HBRI'
'HBRI'
'INDIA'
'INDIA'
JANTA
'JANTA' 		'JAVA'
'JAVA' 		'JJB', from the Jay Jalaram Brick Works, Godhra, Gujarat
'JJB' 		'JSR'
'JSR'
'KBM Kolkota April 2020'
'KBM' 		'KLC'
'KLC'
'MADAN'
'MADAN' 		MBOO
'MBOO' 		'MBS', Manchester Brick Specialists are importers from Asia and have the bricks stamped with their initials
'MBS' Manchester Brick Specialists 		'M#K'
'M#K'
'MMB', © Photo courtesy of 'Bricks and Brickworks Past'
'MMB' 		'MMS', © Photo courtesy of 'Bricks and Brickworks Past'
'MMS' 		'MOHAN'
'MOHAN' 		'MOTI'
'MOTI'
'NAMO'
'NAMO' 		NBC type 1
'NBC' type 1 		'NBC' type 2, © Photo courtesy of Edith Stewart
'NBC' type 2 		'NVD', © Photo courtesy of 'Bricks and Brickworks Past'
'NVD'
'O CANALE'
'O CANALE' 		'O#M'
'O#M'
'PAZ'
'PAZ' 		'PKR'
'PKR' 		'PUJA'
'PUJA'
'R+V'
'R+V' 		'RAJA' type 1
'RAJA' type 1 		'RAJA' type 2, may not be Indian, © Photo courtesy of Mark Cranston
'RAJA' type 2 		RAM'
'RAM'
'RBF'
'RBF' 		'#RBF', may stand for 'Ram Building Fund', © Photo courtesy of Frank Lawson
'#RBF' 		'RP&CO'
'RP&CO' 		'RP&CO'
'RP&CO'
'R#S', © Photo courtesy of Nigel Megson and 'Old Bricks'
'R#S' 		'RSB1'
'RSB1'
'SAMPOT'
'SAMPOT' 		'SBCK'
'SBCK' 		'SBF', © Photo courtesy of 'Brick of the Day'
'SBF' 		'S#I'
'S#I'
'SPV'
'SPV' 		'SLN'
'SLN' 		'SMS', © Photo courtesy of 'Bricks and Brickworks Past'
'SMS' 		'SRP'
'SRP'
'SSS'
'SSS' 		'SVB'
'SVB' 		'TATA'
'TATA'
'VIKAS'
'VIKAS' 		'VIN', © Photo courtesy of 'Bricks and Brickworks Past'
'VIN' 		'VIP'
'VIP' 		'VNP'
'VNP'
'ZAMAN' from Bangla Desh, © Photo courtesy of Frank Lawson
'ZAMAN' 		'ZAMAN' from Bangla Desh, © Photo courtesy of Gordon Wyle
'ZAMAN' 		'ZAMAN' from Bangla Desh, © Photo courtesy of Zoe Hunter
'ZAMAN'
'ZMAN', found in the Clydach Gorge, South Wales, October 2019
'ZMAN' 		'ZMAN', © Photo courtesy of Zoe Hunter
'ZMAN' 		'symbol', looks rather like a Sihk dagger
'symbol'

Bricks - Hindi, Sanskrit etc

Some of these bricks appear to show the word दीदी , 'didi', which can be taken to mean 'firmness' or 'stabilty', literally 'elder sister' i.e. a respected family lady.

'Sanskrit' 01
'Sanskrit' 01 		'Sanskrit' 02, © Photo courtesy of Nigel Megson and 'Old Bricks'
'Sanskrit' 02 		'Sanskrit' 03
'Sanskrit' 03 		'Sanskrit' 04
'Sanskrit' 04
'Sanskrit' 05
'Sanskrit' 05 		'Sanskrit' 06
'Sanskrit' 06 		'Sanskrit' 07
'Sanskrit' 07 		'Sanskrit' 08
'Sanskrit' 08
'Sanskrit' 09
'Sanskrit' 09 		'Sanskrit' 10
'Sanskrit' 10

The brickworks of India

It is estimated that India has more than 100,000 brick kilns producing about 250 billion bricks annually, employing about 15 million workers and consuming about 35 million tons of coal annually. In Northern India (and probably elsewhere) there are dozens and dozens of small brickworks generally making bricks apparently by hand. I would love to have had the opportunity to stop and look closer.

Brickworks between Amritsar and Chandigarh

Brickworks between Amritsar and Chandigarh, February 2016
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Brickworks between Agra and Delhi

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Brickworks between Dehli and Siliguri

Brickworks between Dehli and New Jalpaiguri, March 2016
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Brickworks between Chennai and Coimbatore

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Around Mettupalayam, March 2016
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Around Mettupalayam

Acknowledgments, sources and further reading.

The 'Old Bricks' website is the best source of info on bricks and brickworks in the UK :- Old Bricks - history at your feet

For very good coverage of Scottish bricks and quite a bit about other places too :- Scottishbrickhistory.co.uk

Martyn Feltwell has two very good sites here :- East Midlands Named Bricks and UK Named Bricks

There is a specialist society for brick history :- britishbricksoc.co.uk

There's also a 'Facebook' group for bricks and brickworks :- Facebook 'Bricks and Brickworks Past' group


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