Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Bill Duff in Alloa. This example is not in my possession. Buicks, Hilton Fireclay Works, Alloa. . . .

Found on the site of the old Hilton Fire Clay Works, Alloa. Buicks, Hilton Fireclay Works, Alloa. . . . .

Found by Lou Crockatt at Scone, Perthshire. A section of broken sanitary ware. Buick’s Patent No3 Wash Down Closet, Alloa. Buicks, Hilton Fireclay Works, Alloa. . . Below – A virtually complete example owned by Jenny Snedden in Callender. . Below – A similar stamp on an example in an outhouse located in Forfar, Fife. Thanks…

Below – 1854 – The likely site of the Oakley Brickworks – Note the clay pit marked to middle right. 1862 – James Gemmell, brick and tile maker, Oakley, Fife. 21/02/1863 – Alloa Advertiser – Bricks at the Forth Ironworks – Bricks well known for their superiority can now be disposed of at the following…

Found at Alloa. Buicks, Hilton Fireclay Works, Alloa. . . . . Below – A similar stamp on a ‘white’ brick found by Ian Suddaby in the Alloa area. This example has a faint mirror image to the rear and a hand inscribed ‘X’. .

Found at the Hilton Fire Clay Works. Buicks, Hilton Fireclay Works, Alloa. . . . . . Below – A very similar stamp on a ceramic tree stump planter. This is in the possession of Ian Suddaby. . . Below – A similar item in a 19th-century Glenboig Works catalogue.

Found in woodland on the site of the old Hilton Fire Clay Works, Alloa. They are not marked Buick or Hilton but they were found on-site and they were found among Buick white glazed bricks. Their appearance appears very similar to the Buicks. I have at this time no reason to believe they were made elsewhere…

Below – 25/05/1886 – The Scotsman –  The International Exhibition Edinburgh – Granolithic is a form of high-grade concrete ‘invented’ by Stuart and Co, Edinburgh. Note the reference to Prestongrange Coal and Fire Brick Company, Glenboig Fire Clay Company, Garterrie (Gartverrie) Fireclay Company, James Dougall & Sons Bonnybridge, James Brown Glasgow, Robert Brown & Son…

Found at Hilton Fireclay Works, Alloa This was found on site among broken Buick sinks and pipes and named bricks. The salt glaze is the same colour as Buicks used and the fabric of the Brick looks the same too. I am therefore content to label this a product of Buicks, Hilton Fireclay Works, Alloa. . ….

Found by Gordon Wyle at Cherryton, Stirlingshire. Hilton Alloa with a 4 pressed frog. Buicks, Hilton Fireclay Works, Alloa. . . .   and this cream coloured example found on the site of the old Hilton Works.