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Dear David, The stamp could be B. RUFFORD, though there is no obvious gap between the B and the R. That sounds like the maker though - thankyou! The fabric is mustard yellow with many rusty speckles. Some of the bricks are darker, ochrous yellow/brown, but all have the rusty speckles. We have been finding these bricks at Morwellham for years, but had no idea where they were from, as they had no stamps, and had commonly been broken up and used for hardcore. The date range for the limekiln is c.1787-1857, though as it's a secondary lining (albeit not heavily heat damaged), one assumes it would be towards the latter end of that period. Robert -----Original Message----- From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Poyner, David Sent: 02 September 2008 16:37 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Bruffords brick makers Bruffords or Ruffords? Ruffords were fairly well-known brick makers; firebricks and apparently glazed bricks. See http://www.tom.cockeram.clara.net/Industry/188700rc.htm I think they started in the early 19th C and finished some time in the early 20th C. David -----Original Message----- From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Waterhouse Sent: 02 September 2008 16:18 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Bruffords brick makers Dear List, Slightly off-subject I know, but I don't suppose anyone knows about a brick manufacturer called Bruffords of Stourbridge? We've just found a brick made by them at Morwellham Quay, used to line a limekiln, before the mid-1850s. Robert Waterhouse Morwellham Quay Archaeologist No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.14/1647 - Release Date: 02/09/2008 06:02