Frankfield Brickworks, Earnside St, Shettleston, Glasgow were formerly known as Greenfield Brickworks
Frankfield Brickworks, Budhill Avenue, Springboig, Glasgow. These works were built in about 1899, probably to make common bricks from colliery waste clays, known as blaes. It had a single coal-fired Hoffmann regenerative kiln, with its tall square-section chimney. On top of the kiln are the damper controls which alter the flow of hot gases through the kiln so that different parts of the kiln can be loaded, fired, and emptied at the same time. In 1966 this works belonged to W & J Whitehead Ltd. In common with many other works of the type it suffered from the end of the post-war boom in the construction of public housing and closed in about 1970. The site has since been cleared. The tenement flats to left of the site are on Budhill Avenue, Springboig, Glasgow, and are still there, having undergone a major refurbishment in the late 80s early 90s. The present site is now occupied with modern private housing. The nearby works belonged to Inshaws, a heavy engineering company
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Frankfield bricks were made in Carntyne in Glasgow. I used to watch them coming out of the kilns. Closed in the 1970s? They made traditional Scottish bricks from colliery waste: black shale. – DS
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1936 – 1937 – Frankfield Brickworks, Shettleston: Proprietors, W and J Whitehead. Ltd.; Tel. No. Shettleston 85.
Below – 1944 – 1967 – Frankfield Brickworks.
c. 1970 – The 1985 publication ‘A survey of Scottish brickmarks’ suggests the works closed around this time.
Canmore Greenfield Brickworks, Shettleston, Glasgow were later known as Frankfield Brickworks The 1985 publication ‘A survey of Scottish brickmarks’ suggests that the works were at one time owned by W & J Whitehead. 27/05/1899 – Dundee Advertiser – New joint-stock companies, Scotland – Greenfield Coal and Brick Company, Greenfield Colliery, Shettleston – To purchase from…
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Greenfield Brickworks, Earnside St, Shettleston, Glasgow. . . . .
Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary. Unidentified maker The find location would suggest Scottish origins and most likely a Weir, Castlecary product but … (Note – SBH – This appears to be a firebrick and as such, I do not believe it to be a Frankfield Brickworks product, who did mark their bricks…
Found by Tucker Kennedy in Stranraer. A slight variation in the shape of the ‘F’ to my other similar examples. Frankfield Brickworks, Earnside St, Shettleston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . .
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Frankfield Brickworks, Earnside St, Shettleston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Found Paisley Frankfield Brickworks, Earnside St, Shettleston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . .
This version with a smaller ‘F’ was found on the banks of the Clyde, Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow Frankfield Brickworks, Earnside St, Shettleston, Glasgow. . . . .
Found in Fife area by Jeannie Cooper. Greenfield Brickworks, Earnside St, Shettleston, Glasgow. Note the first and last letters are larger than the rest and the ‘N’ is reversed. . . .
Found at Dalmiur, Glasgow. Frankfield Brickworks, Earnside St, Shettleston, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Andrew Gemmell in the Milngavie, Glasgow area. Frankfield Brickworks, Earnside St, Shettleston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . .
