Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Brian Whyte in the Fife area. This example is not in my possession. Hill of Beath Fireclay Works, Hill of Beath, Fife. . . .

Found in a reclamation yard in Blackburn, Aberdeenshire by Ian Suddaby. It was left in situ as it was broken. J & R Howie, Hurlford Fireclay Works, Galston Road, Hurlford, Ayrshire. McRae’s Patent Regd No 18808 J & R Howie sole makers. I am informed that the patent/registration of this item dates from 1884. 1)  A…

Title – Among the Fife miners. Author – Durland, Kellogg, 1881-1911. Published – London: Swan Sonnenschein,1904. The experiences of an ‘educated middle-class dilletante’ from Edinburgh who goes to work at Blairadam Brickworks & Hill of Beath Fireclay works, Kelty; describing the working day, working processes etc. Chapter IV – Making bricks without straw. A late tinsel-like moon…

Found by Jim Gill in Invekeithing. Hill of Beath Fireclay Works, Hill of Beath, Fife. . . . .

Found in a reclamation yard in Blackburn, Aberdeenshire. Hurlford Fireclay Works, Hurlford, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. A Beattie ventilator. . . . . . . . Below – Aberdeen. The roof of what was once probably the cattle shed has Beattie Ventilated Ridge Tiles every 6 feet or so along the apex. Below – several other ventilators found…

Found in a reclamation yard in Blackburn, Aberdeenshire and in the possession of Ian Suddaby. J & R Howie, Hurlford Fireclay Works, Galston Road, Hurlford, Ayrshire. McRae’s Patent Regd No 18808 J & R Howie Ltd sole makers. I am informed that the patent/registration of this item dates from 1884. . . . .

Found in a reclamation yard in Blackburn, Aberdeenshire. J & R Howie, Hurlford Fireclay Works, Galston Road, Hurlford, Ayrshire. McRae’s Patent Regd No 18808 J & R Howie sole makers. I am informed that the patent/registration of this item dates from 1884. 1)  A Patent, originally a monopoly from the Crown and nowadays issued by the…

Found in a reclamation yard in Blackburn, Aberdeenshire. James Binnie, Gartcosh Fire Clay Works, nr Glasgow. . . . . . . Below – The same stamp on 2 chimney pots owned by Nicol MacKinnon. Nicol states – “one of them was sealed off with some cement I guess to stop birds nesting in it,…

Found in a reclamation yard in Blackburn, Aberdeenshire. J & R Howie, Hurlford Fireclay Works, Galston Road, Hurlford, Ayrshire. Short horn ventilator – ridge tile. . . . . .  

Hill of Beath Fireclay Works, Hill of Beath, Fife. Canmore 05/05/1859 – Dunfermline Press – Andrew Alexander, ironmonger intends removing at Whitsunday, to that shop, No 51 High Street, Dunfermline, opposite Music Hall Lane. Agent for Hill of Beath Fireclay Works. Below – 22/09/1859 – Fifeshire Journal – Hill of Beath mineral fields for sale…