Found by Eddie McLean near Dalbeath, Glasgow.
Westmuir Colliery and Brickworks, Parkhead, Glasgow.
I am not in possession of this example.
(Note – SBH – I am unable to find any references to James Shaw, brickmaker, Westmuir but I assume Westmuir relates to the Westmuir Colliery and Brickworks, Parkhead, Glasgow. There is also a James Shaw associated with Edinburgh? Click me).
15/11/1853 – Greenock Advertiser – Deaths. At Bellfield House, Dumbarton on the 9th instant, Johnann, aged 3 years and 1 month and John aged 1 year and 3 months, youngest daughter and only son of Mr James Shaw, brick and tile maker. (Note – SBH – I am uncertain if this is the same James Shaw but I have included the reference here to ensure it is not missed).
Westmuir Colliery and Brickworks, Parkhead, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – There is a brick stamped ‘James Shaw Patent Westmuir‘). 21/08/1854 – Glasgow Herald – Ground near Parkhead to be feued and ground for brickfields to be let. To be feued, those parts of the Estate of Carntyne, lying in the immediate vicinity of Messrs Napiers…
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Thomas Nisbet, Westmuir Colliery, Parkhead, Glasgow. . . . . Below – The same stamp but this brick bears finger and thumbprints on both sides of the brick where it has been picked up while ‘wet’, probably twice. .
Below – 1893 – Wellshot Colliery. 10/08/1895 – Dundee Advertiser – New joint-stock companies – Dunn & Glen to carry on the business of David Gardner Dunn and Hugh Glen, coal masters, Wellshot, Cambuslang and to carry on the trade of coal masters, brick and tile makers, quarry masters etc. Capital £10,000 in £10 shares….
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Thomas Nisbet, Westmuir Colliery, Parkhead, Glasgow. . . . .
