Found by George Kennedy in the Carluke area.
John Watson & Sons, Armadale, West Lothian. (Note – SBH – Research shows John Watson is associated with various brickworks eg Robroyston, Bathville, Watsonville. He appears later to have used the stamp ‘Watsons’).
This looks like an early brick by John Watson and possibly a product of the Watsonville Brickworks.
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Found in Glasgow. John Watson & Sons, Armadale, West Lothian. (Note – SBH – Research shows John Watson is associated with various brickworks eg Robroyston, Bathville, Watsonville. First of all is it the same John Watson and secondly did he use the stamp’Watson’s’ in all his works?) . . . .
Watsonville Brickworks, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. 20/04/1875 – Dundee Courier – Cowardly conduct of colliers. At Motherwell on Sunday evening a scene took place on the pond of water in connection with Watsonville Colliery and Brickworks, Motherwell, which says little for the courage and presence of mind of a crowd of colliers. A little boy, aged…
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. John Watson & Sons, Armadale, West Lothian. John Watson & Sons, Armadale, West Lothian. (Note – SBH – Research shows John Watson is associated with various brickworks eg Robroyston, Bathville, Watsonville. First of all is it the same John Watson and secondly did he use the stamp’Watson’s’…
Owned by the Cambuslang Coal Company. The Brick Works Department appears to have been called the Cambuslang Brickmaking Company, Halfway, Cambuslang, Glasgow. 21/02/1880 – Rutherglen Reformer – The first general meeting of shareholders of the Cambuslang Coal Company was held on Monday in the Secretary’s Chambers, West Nile Street. Mr Muirhead occupied the chair. The Manager…
Bathville Brick and Fire Clay Works, Armadale, West Lothian. Canmore John Watson of Glasgow bought the Bathville site in June 1859 for £10,000 and shortly after built a brickworks to use the fireclay being mined with the coal. John Watson & Co were to become one of the biggest coalmasters in Lanarkshire, but in 1874…
Robroyston Brickworks, Barmulloch, Robroyston, Glasgow. Canmore 20/08/1902 – Kirkintilloch Herald – Purchase of Robroyston Estate. At a meeting of Glasgow Corporation on Monday, the cleansing committee recommended the purchase of Robroystonu Estate at the price of £40,000, with entry at Martinmas. The estate, which is about four miles from the Royal Exchange, extends to about…
United Fireclay Products, Atlas Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Brownhill Brickworks, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. To be read in conjunction with the page for the West Works, Armadale. Info – www.armadale.org.uk – United Fireclay Products, Etna Works. Armadale, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 2JU – a…
Found Firth of Forth, Glasgow. John Watson & Sons, Armadale, West Lothian. (Note – SBH – Research shows John Watson is associated with various brickworks eg Robroyston, Bathville, Watsonville. First of all is it the same John Watson and secondly did he use the stamp’Watson’s’ in all his works?). . . .
