(Note – SBH – The brickworks and brick manufacturing companies in the Larkhall area is very confusing to sort out. There were many company name changes, changes of ownership and several sites involved. If anyone sees an issue with the information I have detailed then please let me know).
Birkenshaw Brick Company, Birkenshaw Brickworks, Larkhall. These Works were previously known as the Larkhall Brickfields and the Caledonian Brickworks.
Below – 1938 – Dundee Courier. – Birkenshaw Brick Company, Birkenshaw Brickworks, Larkhall are now producing good quality common brick. (Note: SBH – So is this the year they were established?)
Below – 1944 – 1967 – Birkenshaw Brickworks.
28/11/1958 – The Edinburgh Gazette – A petition has been presented to the Sheriff of Lanarkshire at Hamilton in the instance of The Birkenshaw Brick Company, Birkenshaw Brickwork, Larkhall for sequestration of the Estate of Hugh Rafferty, 26 Montrose Crescent, Hamilton …
c. 1980 – The Birkenshaw Works were owned by Willie Kerr and around this time George (Geordie) Raeburn entered the business. Raeburn went on later to start Raeburn Bricks at Blantyre.
c. 1991 – The works closed. At this time they were only manufacturing 25,000 bricks per day.
(Note – SBH – The brickworks and brick manufacturing companies in the Larkhall area is very confusing to sort out. There were many company name changes, changes of ownership and several sites involved. If anyone sees an issue with the information I have detailed then please let me know). Below – 29/03/1862 – Hamilton Advertiser…
(Note – SBH – The brickworks and brick manufacturing companies in the Larkhall area is very confusing to sort out. There were many company name changes, changes of ownership and several sites involved. If anyone sees an issue with the information I have detailed then please let me know). Birkenshaw Fireclay Works and Colliery, Birkenshaw,…
(Note – SBH – The brickworks and brick manufacturing companies in the Larkhall area is very confusing to sort out. There were many company name changes, changes of ownership and several sites involved. If anyone sees an issue with the information I have detailed then please let me know). Larkhall Fire Clay Company, Larkhall, South…
Found in Fife. I believe this was manufactured by Charles Bramall who owned the Caledonian Brickworks, Larkhall c.1904 to his death 1921 – this site was previously known as the Larkhall Brickfields and by 1938 it was known as Birkenshaw Brickworks. Charles Bramall Ltd, a silica brick manufacturer also owned a brickworks in Sheffield manufacturing silica…
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Larkhall Brickfields, Birkenshaw, Larkhall, Lanarkshire. This brick is salt glazed, although the stamped face appears to have been poorly covered. . . . Below – Rear frog.
Found at Coltness Iron Works, Newmains. Larkhall Brickfields, Birkenshaw, Larkhall, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – A similar stamp on a much lighter coloured brick. Found in the East Kilbride area.
(Note – SBH – The brickworks and brick manufacturing companies in the Larkhall area is very confusing to sort out. There were many company name changes, changes of ownership and several sites involved. If anyone sees an issue with the information I have detailed then please let me know). Caledonian Brickworks – this site was…
Whistleberry Brickworks, Blantyre later Raeburn Bricks. Canmore Below – 13/10/1937 – The Scotsman – John and R Finlay propose new brickworks at Whistleberry. Below – 26/08/1938 – The Scotsman – John and R. D Finlay to erect new brick works at Hamilton on the site of the former Whistleberry Colliery. The site has been purchased…
Newmains Brickworks, Morningside, North Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – Were these works also known as Chapel Brickworks, Morningside as per the 1964 entry below?) (Note – SBH – Possibly the same business as the Caledonian Brickworks, Birkenshaw – to be confirmed. It is also difficult to decide on whether researched information related to the Newmains…
Found by Robert Bain from West Dunbartonshire. Find location unknown. Larkhall Brickfields, Birkenshaw, Larkhall, Lanarkshire. . . . .
