Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Plotcock Brick and Minerals Company, Newhouse, Larkhall, South Lanarkshire

— 06/06/2017

The Plotcock Brick and Minerals Company, Newhouse, Larkhall, Lanarkshire. 18/04/1899 – Dundee Advertiser – Terra Cotta Clay – This is found over the whole extent of Newhouse within 1 foot of the surface. It varies in thickness from 5 feet to 40 feet. The quantity is thus simply enormous. It has been tested and found to…

Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire

— 05/12/2016

Bonnyside Brickworks or Fire Clay Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Canmore James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire James Dougall and his two sons, George and Robert, were oil merchants in Glasgow. James died prior to 1870, and in 1884 George and Robert moved to Bonnybridge, with their sisters, Margaret…