Replacing windowsill tiles

[glaux]

I have a 1960s house in Glasgow, the window ledges outside are covered in red tiles that are plain quarry red, 23mm x 16.5mm in size and 10mm thick. A few of them have fallen and smashed and I need to replace them as a matter of urgency before the rain starts to get into the bricks underneath, but after searching high and low I have not been able to source anything suitable. If they are the right material and colour, they are usually too thick, at least 12mm which doesn't work (I have tried). Anything 10mm thick seems to only come in 150mm x 150mm, so too small. I have tile cutters so anything larger than the above size would be fine. Where can I go to buy these? I tried local tile stores, online stores including the usual suspects (Topps, Wickes), even looked at reclaimed tiles on eBay, no luck.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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• glaux
• 1 Jun 2015
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[ree]

They might be plain clay roofing tiles - 265 x 165 x 10 to 16mm?

Often the name of the maker is embossed or stamped on the back of the tile.

If you post a pic of the cill perhaps another approach can be suggested?

 

[glaux]

I posted on a local Facebook page and a builder said they are called rosemary creasing tiles. Now that I know the name, there are a few websites selling them. Yes, they come in 265 x 165 x 10mm sizes but I can cut off the excess. Brilliant! Just in time, the weather is turning bad...