John Porter & Sons, Jeanfield or Janefield Brickworks, London Road, Glasgow.
1858 – No trace of the Work at this time.
26/11/1869 – Glasgow Herald – John Porter, a brick builder in Glasgow to erect 4 tenements of shops and dwelling houses on a piece of ground situated on the north side of London Road.
1871 – 1872 – John Porter, brick-maker & brick-builder, Jeanfield Brickworks, London Rd.; ho. 339 London Rd.
1872 – 1873 – John Porter, brick-maker & brick-builder, Jeanfield Brickworks, London Rd.; ho. 339 London Rd.
1878 – John Porter, Janefield Brickworks, London Road, Glasgow.
1878 – Staffordshire Fire Insurance Office 37 West Nile Street, Glasgow. Robert Muir resident secretary. Agents Thomas Craig, Janefield Brickworks.
30/09/1878 – Glasgow Herald – Hillhead – To let at 45 and 53 Janewood Terrace,? Street, superior houses of 5 rooms and kitchen. Best to be seen. Hot and cold water, kitchen ranges etc. Rents very moderate. Apply Thomas Craig, Janefield Brickworks, London Road.
1882 – 1883 – John Porter, brick builder and brickmaker. Janefield Brickworks, London Road. House Rosebank, 4 Onslow Drive, Dennistoun.
16/03/1882 – Glasgow Herald – Hillhead – To let, superior houses, 4, 5 and 6 rooms and kitchen. 43 – 55 Cecil Street, Sardinia Terrace … Thomas Craig, Janefield Brickworks, London Road.
1883 – 1884 – John Porter, brick builder and brickmaker. Janefield Brickworks, London Road. House Rosebank, 4 Onslow Drive, Dennistoun.
18/09/1883 – Dundee Courier – Factory prosecutions – Before Sheriff Lees, Glasgow – John Porter, Brickmaker fined for employing young persons without having obtained certificates of fitness.
22/12/1884 – Steam Boiler for sale 21’6″ x 6’6″ – Apply Janefield Brickworks, London Road.
24/06/1885 – North British Agriculturist – Bathgate Agricultural Association Show – Mare or gelding not exceeding 11.2 hands. 1st J Porter, Janefield Brickworks, London Road.
1886 -John Porter – Brick Maker, Jeanfield Works, London Road, Glasgow. Res Rosebank, Onslow Drive, Glasgow or Janefield – page 146
23/03/1889 – Glasgow Herald – Extension of Tradeston Gas Works … The work is in the hands of various contractors. For the brick, concrete and mason work of the retort house, coal store, purifier house and meter house, the contractor is John Porter, Janefield Brickworks.
Below – 1892 – Jeanfield Brickworks.
Below – 1892 – 1893 – Jeanfield Brickworks, Glasgow and marked as disused by 1910
15/03/1892 – Glasgow Evening Post – Electric lighting of the city – Contracts for the new station – The committee accepted the tender of Mr John Porter, Janefield Brickworks, London Road for the mason, joiner work, slating etc.
23/12/1892 – The Scotsman … Mr John Porter, Janefield Works erected the building in Waterloo Street …
1901 – Directory of Clayworkers – John Porter, Jeanfield Brickworks, London Road, Glasgow.
1903 – George Porter – Brickmaker (John Porter & Son) – Res. Carmylle Avenue, Carmylle, Glasgow
1903 – James Porter – Brickmaker (John Porter & Sons) Res 4 Onslow Drive, Glasgow.
1904 – 1905 – John Porter and Sons, brickmakers and building contractors, Jeanfield Brickworks, London Road.
John Porter (of John Porter and Sons), Rosebank, Onslow Drive, Dennistoun.
1907 – John Porter and Sons, brickmakers, Jeanfield Brickworks, London Road
1911 – George Porter (of John Porter & Sons) Jeanfield Brickworks, London Road, Glasgow. Ho Glengan, Silverwells Crescent, Bothwell. p551.
22/06/1911 – The Glasgow Herald – John Porter, Brickmaker, Glasgow dies at Rothsay.
02/04/1920 – Aberdeen Press and Journal – New Companies – John Porter & Sons Ltd, Jeanfield Brick Works, London Road, Glasgow. Capital – £10,000 in £1 shares.
23/07/1884 – Dundee Courier – Reference to Mr Porter, Loanfield Brickworks, Glasgow owning a show pony. (Note – SBH – I wonder if this should read Jeanfield Brickworks which were occupied by John Porter & Sons)
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. John Porter & Sons, Jeanfield Brickworks, London Road, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Michael Fallone at the Victoria Bread and Biscuit Works during demolition. Victoria Bread and Biscuit Works, Wesleyan Street, Glasgow. aka Milanda Bakery. Canmore James Lang opened a shop and bakery in Gallowgate in 1817. His nephew, John Macfarlane, joined the business and took over when James died. A new bread factory was built…
Found by Michael Fallone at the Dalmarnock Iron Works during demolition. John Porter Patent London round, bullnose brick. Note the double edge to the frog. John Porter & Sons, Jeanfield or Janefield Brickworks, London Road, Glasgow. The Dalmarnock Ironworks were built in 1871. Alternative Name(s) Arrol’s Dalmarnock Iron Works; Dunn Street Works; Dalmarnock; Nuneaton Street…
Found by Eddie Mclean in Bridgeton, Glasgow just off Springfield Road near the athlete’s village. The village was built where the Jeanfield Brickworks used to be situated. These brickworks were owned by John Porter & Sons. JP & S = John Porter & Sons. . . The initials could also stand for John Paterson & Son…
Found by Eddie Mclean in Glasgow. John Porter & Sons, Jeanfield Brickworks, London Road, Glasgow. . . . . . Below – This brick photographed by Frank Lawson appears to have been printed over a Jeanfield stamp as above. So this puts the two stamp variations in the same time bracket. So were the stamps…
Found in Glasgow. John Porter & Sons, Jeanfield Brickworks, London Road, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Andrew Gemmell in the Milngavie area, Glasgow. John Porter L Patent London Road. This is a curved ‘chimney’ brick. John Porter & Sons, Jeanfield or Janefield Brickworks, London Road, Glasgow. . . Below – there is also a faint stamp on the inside curve of the brick. This stamp does not appear to…
Found by Tucker Kennedy in Glasgow. John Porter & Sons, Jeanfield or Janefield Brickworks, London Road, Glasgow. . . . .
Found Firth of Clyde, Glasgow John Porter & Sons, Jeanfield or Janefield Brickworks, London Road, Glasgow. . . . .
