Below – 1859 – Hillhead Tileworks.
1860 – 1861 – Extracts from valuation rolls. Alexander Allan, Hillhead Farm – Clayfield with clay mill, a steam engine, sheds and kiln.
25/05/1867 – Hamilton Advertiser – For sale. Agricultural drainage tiles. Composition and fire brick, vitrified sewerage pipes, spigot and fawcet or with collar joint, chimney cans, flower vases, cattle troughs, cisterns and pickling jars and any description of fireclay articles, plain and ornamental, made to order. Orders addressed to James Allan, brick, tile and sewerage pipe works, Hillhead Cottage via Carluke will meet with strict attention.
Below – 15/02/1868 – Hamilton Advertiser – Mr Allan’s Hillhead Tileworks, Carluke for sale.
1870 – 1871 – Extracts from valuation rolls – James Allan, Tilemaker, House – Hillhead Cottage, Bushelhead Tilework, Bushelhead.
Samuel Rolland, Manager (Brickmaker) Lived in a house at the tilework.
Below – 1879 – Glasgow Herald – Craighall Brickworks for lease. 1885 – 1886 – James Allan, brickmaker, Craighall Brickwork, Port Dundas; House, Craigbank Cottage, Keppochhill Rd. (Note – SBH – Is this the same James Allan that operated out of the Carluke area?) 18/12/1894 – James Alan, brickmaker, Dunard Street, Glasgow was fined £2…
(Note – SBH – The info below is confusing as James Allan and Thomas Hamilton appear to swap ownership/management of these works on a regular basis. In 1878 they both appear to be there at the same time. So have I got something wrong here? Could there have been 2 sites at Auchengray near Carnwath…
Found by Eddie McLean on the banks of the River Kelvin, Glasgow. James Allan, brickmaker, Craighall Brickwork, Port Dundas ; house, Craigbank cottage, Keppothhill rd. . . . .
(Note – SBH – Is this the same James Allan as per brickmaker at Carluke or the James Allan who was a brickmaker at Craighall?) Eastpark Brickworks, Gairbraid Street, Maryhill, Glasgow. 1886 – The 1985 publication ‘A survey of Scottish brickmarks’ suggests the brickworks were started in 1886. Below – 1896 – Eastpark Brickworks –…
Trough photographed in situ in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire Now then, which J Allan? 1878 – James Allan – Caledonian Brickworks, Braidwood, Carluke. 1882 – James Allan – Auchengray and Braidwood Brickworks by Carnwarth. Office Hillhead Cottage, Carluke. 1890 – 1891 – James Allan – Brickmaker, Sheepmount, New City Road, Glasgow. House 50 Wilton Street, Glasgow. 1903…
(Note – SBH – Is this the same James Allan that operated out of the Craighall Brickworks?). James started tile manufacturing at Hillhead in 1855. He had no capital but his father gave him money to start up. In 1860 he took a lease on a clayfield at Braidwood which worked until the sequestration –…
(Note – SBH – The info below is confusing as James Allan and Thomas Hamilton appear to swap ownership/management of these works on a regular basis. In 1878 they both appear to be there at the same time. So have I got something wrong here? Could there have been 2 sites at Auchengray near Carnwath…
Found by George Kennedy in the Carluke area James Allan, Brick and Tile Manufacturer, Carluke . . . .
