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English bricks - page 9a, Letter: G

Garton to Gibbons

J & T Garton, Golborne

Worrall's Wigan & District Directory of 1881 lists William & David Garton as brickmakers at Bank Heath, Golborne. Info from Frank Lawson, photo by David Kitching.

Gascoyne & Son, Derby





Joseph Gascoyne & Son is recorded in Whites Directory for 1857 as Builders, Brick & Tile Makers at 22, St Peters Street (Offices) & Uttoxeter Old Road (Works). Photo & Info by Martyn Fretwell.

Gateshead Brick & Stone Co Ld



A little known concern to myself, this brick of the Gateshead Brick & Stone Company, was recovered during internal alterations to a local property, built c.1880. Davison (Brickworks of the North East, 1986) mentions them is passing, with a date of 1925 - this usually refers to a directory entry. The only other reference I've been able to find is from 1955 and a notice of the Company's liquidation. As to their location, or whether they actually manufactured their own products, (it has to be said of very poor quality), or acted as a factor or agent, more work is obviously required. As an aside, the facing bricks of the property in question are a fine off-white and were produced at Axwell Park Colliery (APC) - could this be a subsidiary used to market these heavily 'grogged' bricks and the stone by-product of mining operations?  Photo and info by Arthur Brickman.

Photo by Chris Tilney.

Gault



Gault bricks are a type of brick mainly made in Suffolk & Kent & I have found that maker Plowman Brothers of Gamlingay near Sandy are listed as producing Gault bricks in Kelly's 1904 Cambridgeshire edition, so they could be the makers of this brick. Photo & Info by Martyn Fretwell.

A Gee & Co

A. Gee & Co. Brickworks, Vale Lane, Parson St. Bedminster, Bristol. Operating 1895-1914. Photo & info by Eric Taylor.

Geipel & Co.

Found in the River Tyne by Chris Graham.

Photo by Steven Tait.



Found by Vladimir Smirnov in St. Petersburg.  Geipel & Co were shipbrokers in Newcastle-on-Tyne and must have had firebricks made for export with their name on.

Mark Gentry



Photo by courtesy of the Richard Symonds collection.   Martyn Fretwell writes :- Mark Gentry is listed as the owner of the Sible Hedingham Brick & Tile Works, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex in Kelly's 1894, 1902 & 1914 editions. His bricks were used to build the 'Five Star' Mayfair Hotel in London & where produced at his two brickworks. The Langthorne Works was on Wethersfield Road & the Highfields Works was near Purls Hill.





Photos by Alwyn Sparrow.  Front and side of a Mark Gentry brick.  Martyn Fretwell believes that S M is the brickmakers initials and they were made for the LMS Railway.



Photo by Martyn Fretwell.

General Refractories



Diazite was a trade mark of General Refractories, a company that had its head office in Sheffield. This refractory brick was found by Frank Lawson on the banks of the River Humber close to the Capper Pass works at North Ferriby. Info by Mark Cranston.

Found in Barrow in Furness by John Bramall.

This Magnesium Oxide brick was made by General Refractories (GR) in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The BCM (British Commercial Monomarks) stamp dates it to after 1925 and the GX is probably Genefax. GR were based at Genefax House in Sheffield. Photo and info by Ian Suddaby.

Coroma is another General Refractories mark. Photo by Steven Tait.

E Gent



Photographed at Cadeby Reclamation yard by Martyn Fretwell who writes:  I have just found in Kelly's 1891, a E. Gent, brickmaker, Donisthorpe, Ashby de la Zouch. Is the brick misspelt or the Trade Directory ? The brick was photographed not too far from Ashby.

Gibbons, Dudley

Gibbons (Dudley) Ltd, No. 1 Fireclay. Photo by Clare Oliffe.

Photos by Frank Lawson.



Photo taken in Ewenny by Richard Paterson.

Martyn Fretwell writes :- From the Fireclay listings in Kelly's, B. Gibbons, Jnr. is listed at Waddams Pool & Lower Gornal in it's 1896 edition & then from 1921 to it's 1940 edition as Gibbons (Dudley) Ltd, Dibdale Works, Dudley. Then in Kelly's Brick & Tile listings the entry is B. Gibbons Jnr. & Co. Deepdale Works, Lower Gornal, Dudley, 1860 to 1912 editions.

Photos by Ian Littlewood.

Photo by Mark Cranston.

Found on an old oil site in Mendoza Province, Argentina, by Quentin Vandemoortele.





Photographed at the Black Country Living Museum by Martyn Fretwell.

Photo by Jason Stott.

Photo by Frank Hilton.

Photo by David Kitching.

E Gibbons, Chilton, Suffolk

Photos by Frank Lawson.



 Kelly's 1869 edition records Edward Gibbons at the Wolsey Street works, Ipswich & the Alexandra brickyard in Chilton, Suffolk. Then the 1875 edition records Edward Gibbons & Edward Charles Gibbons at the two works. Kelly's 1879 sees the addition of a third works at Aldham, Hadleigh. Then the 1888 to 1900 editions just lists Edward Charles Gibbons & owning five works including Chilton. The 1912 & 1916 editions now records Mrs. Mary Price Gibbons as the owner of the Chilton works. The other works previously owned by E.C. Gibbons are no longer listed. Photos & Info by Martyn Fretwell.

Photo by Ken Evans.

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