Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

This Fordel brick was found by I Howie, possibly in the New South Wales area of Australia. – Source Fordel Brick and Tile Works, St Davids Harbour, Fifeshire . . . .  

Fordel or Fordell Brick and Tile Works, St Davids Harbour, Fife. Canmore Many thanks to George Liddle who send me the following extract from Early Railways of West Fife by a W Brotchie …”In 1853 the laird required that the name be inscribed as Fordell on Ordnance Survey plans, an ‘Anglicisation’ he was keen to…

Arniston Coal, Lime & Brick Works, Gorebridge, Midlothian. (Note – SBH – I am uncertain as to whether references to the ‘Vogrie Brickworks’ refer to the Vogrie Brick and Tile Works at Newlandrig or the Vogrie Coal and Fire Clay Works at Gorebridge). Canmore Canmore 03/12/1862 – Workmen at the Arniston and Vogrie Brickworks donate…

David Gillespie, Brick, Tile and Fire Clay Works, Clackmannan. Canmore 25/11/1847 – Fife Herald – Notice regarding alterations to the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway … That to say, first, deviation line or new portion of railway, commencing at point on the said mainline, near to the Clackmannan Brick and Tile Works, in the Parish of…

Found Dalgetty Bay, Fife. Fordel Brick and Tile Works, St Davids Harbour, Fifeshire. Note the double ‘L’. Many thanks to George Liddle who send me the following extract from Early Railways of West Fife by a W Brotchie….”In 1853 the laird required that the name be inscribed as Fordell on Ordnance Survey plans, an ‘Anglicisation’ he…

Found at Granton, Firth of Forth. Fordel Brick and Tile Works, St Davids Harbour, Fifeshire. Many thanks to George Liddle who send me the following extract from Early Railways of West Fife by a W Brotchie….”In 1853 the laird required that the name be inscribed as Fordell on Ordnance Survey plans, an ‘Anglicisation’ he was keen…