Gartsherrie Ironworks Fireclay Works. These works were owned by William Baird and Co Ltd.
C. 1840 – Brickworks started in order to supply the Gartsherrie Iron Works with firebricks.
14/10/1851 – Greenock Advertiser – Deaths – At Milton Street, Glasgow on the 12th inst, of consumption of the lungs, Mr Nichol Hillcoate, son of the late Nichol Hillcoate Esq, bricklayer and manufacturer of bricks at Gartsherrie and Glenboig.
1858 – Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 1858 – Gartsherrie, clay of coal measures. Name of freeholder – W. Baird & Co. Manufacturer – Gartsherrie Iron Co. Manufacture – Stopping clay for blast furnaces and bricks. Estimated 6,000 tons annually.
Below – 1859 – Gartsherrie Iron Works – No specific reference to a brickworks.
18/10/1884 – Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser – Sudden death. Yesterday it was reported to the authorities that James Farrell (55), a labourer, residing at Blackbrae Cottage, Old Monkland parish, had died suddenly while at work at Gartsherrie Brickwork. He was filling a waggon with coal and was apparently in his usual health when he dropped down in an instant in a fainting condition and expired. He was a steady man and did not seem to be in bad health.
1886 – William Baird and Co, Gartsherrie, Coatbridge.
25/12/1893 – Glasgow Evening Post – Coatbridge Section C.H Seven mile handicap – The route would include running past the ‘Gartsherrie Brickworks’ …
05/11/1906 – Scottish Referee – Clydesdale Harriers inter-club run refers to the run passing the Gartsherrie Brickworks …
13/03/1907 – Coatbridge Express – Patrick Murphy and Patrick Johnston, no fixed residence were charged with contravening The Trespass Act by lodging without permission within the brick kilns at Gartsherrie and were fined 7s 6d or 5 days each.
30/07/1909 – Belshill Speaker – The order of the bath. Eleven weary willies who helped themselves to sleeping accommodation at Gartsherrie Brickworks on Monday night had the ‘order of the bath’ conferred upon them at the Couty Court on Tuesday.
1848 – 1851 – ScotlandsPlaces – Kirkchrist Brick and Tile Works. A brick and tile manufactory having a kiln for burning, a large wooden shed for drying and a small piece of ground attached. The whole surrounded chiefly by a wooden paling. The works take their name from the farm of Kirkchrist on which they…
(Note – SBH – On the Scottish OS maps, there are 2 brickworks detailed – Garscube Brick and Tile Works and Garscube Brickworks. Both are depicted on the bottom of the 1896 map. The Garscube Brickworks which is the further east of the two is close to Dawsholm. I believe this was also known as…
15/04/1871 – Glasgow Herald – Assault. George Dickson, a tramp, was accused of attacking Mr James McAllister, manager and John McAllister, engine keeper, Dalmacoulter Brickworks on Thursday last. He pleaded guilty and the Sheriff sentenced him to pay a fine of 2os or suffer 14 days imprisonment. 1878 – Thomas Jackson, brick and tile maker,…
J & M Craig, Dean, Hillhead and Perceton Fire Clay Works, Kilmarnock and Longpark Pottery, Kilmarnock. (Note – SBH – I have created separate pages for Perceton, Dean, Hillhead and Longpark. Where information does not relate to a particular works, such as Craig family history, I have added it to the Perceton page.) Below –…
(Note – SBH – The brickworks situated in the Nethercommon area of Paisley are often difficult to separate when trying to ascertain which piece of researched information should be allocated to which brickworks. The same goes for conclusively determining which location on the old OS maps refers to which brickworks. If anyone notices any error…
Found by Eddie Mclean in the Ayrshire area. Annbank Brickworks, Annbank, Ayrshire. . . . .
(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). 20/02/1891 – Hamilton Herald – Serious…
Buccleuch Terracotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire aka Buccleuch Brick and Tile Works. (Note – SBH – This page should be read in conjunction with the pages dedicated to the Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works and the Fauldhead Collieries Brick Works) 1962 – The Upper Nithsdale Coalworks from Pictish Times to 1925. Compiled by J C L…
Banknock Brickworks, Banknock, Bonnybridge, Falkirk, Stirlingshire. (Note – SBH – This page should be read in conjunction with the Cannerton Brick Company page). 19/08/1899 – Falkirk Herald – Discovery of minerals near Kilsyth – Mr Street, who recently acquired Coneypark and Tomsyne Estates, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, has been conducting operations to ascertain what minerals underlie these…
Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Gartliston (opened 1889) and Garnqueen (opened 1895) which was closer to Glenboig village, being about 1 mile south-east of the village. Canmore – Gartliston. Canmore – Garnqueen. P & M Hurll Ltd owned Birkhill Clay Mine in Bo’ness. Birkhill Clay Mine had high-quality fireclay deposits which…
