Broomhall Brick and Tile Works, Charlestown.
27/02/1845 – Stirling Observer – Desireable Farms in the West of Fife to let – The following farms on the Estate of Broomhall are to be let for 19 years or such period as may be agreed upon … Brucehaven, containing 140 arable Scotch acres or thereby. This farm is situated close to the shipping ports of Brucehaven and Limekilns and is distant about 1 mile from the lime, brick and tile works and Port of Charlestown and about 3 miles from the populous manufacturing town of Dunfermline …
1944 – Reference to James T Blythe, Brickworks Broomhall being awarded a silver medal for continued employment of between 30 and 44 years.
1958 – Reference to James T Blythe, Brickworks Broomhall, Dunfermline being awarded a special certificate and silver gilt medal for continued employment of over 45 years.
Below – August 2018 – Some wonderful photographs of the sympathetically restored brick and tile works at Broomhall, Charlestown. The chimney, drying sheds, outbuildings and flooded claypit are all depicted.
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Below – This clay pantile was found close to the Broomhall brick and tile works and is believed to be a product of the Works.
Below – Unmarked brick found on the site of the old brickworks at Broomhall, Charlestown and believed to have been manufactured there.
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Charlestown Brick and Tile Works and Limekilns, Charlestown, Fife. The Survey of Scottish Brickmarks – click me – have recorded the letter ‘W’ as being a product of the Charlestown Brick and Tile Works, Fife c.1869 – 1882 (?). The mark was recorded as relevant to a common brick. (Note – SBH – I assume the…
