(Note – SBH – The brickworks and brick manufacturing companies in the Larkhall area is very confusing to sort out. There were many company name changes, changes of ownership and several sites involved. If anyone sees an issue with the information I have detailed then please let me know).
Larkhall Brickfields, Birkenshaw, Larkhall, Lanarkshire.
Below – 1896 – Larkhall Brickfields.
Below – 01/02/1896 – The Scotsman – The Prospectus of Larkhall Brickfields Limited. (Birkenshaw Terra-cotta and Fireclay Works)
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Below – 03/02/1896 – The Scotsman – Larkhall Brickfields Limited.
10/02/1897 – Glasgow Herald – Red Clay Bricks – more durable than stone for outside work. Price 20s per 1000 at Works. Also, fire bricks and flue covers. Larkhall Brickfields Limited, Birkenshaw Terracotta and Fireclay Works, Larkhall.
07/01/1899 – Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser – Larkhall – Trade during 1898 … In connection with the enamelling, fireclay and brickworks, trade has been steadily on the increase and additional buildings have had to be erected at the existing works at Shawsburn and Birkenshaw. Within the next few years, this comparatively new industry to this district will have attained considerable dimensions, the demand for this class of goods being greatly on the increase …
Below – 16/01/1902 – The Scotsman – For sale as a going concern, the business of brick and fireclay manufacturers carried on by the Larkhall Brickfields Limited, in liquidation, at Birkenshaw, Larkhall …
c. 1904 – By now these brickworks appear to be known as the Caledonian Brickworks and by 1938 it was known as Birkenshaw Brickworks.
(Note – SBH – The brickworks and brick manufacturing companies in the Larkhall area is very confusing to sort out. There were many company name changes, changes of ownership and several sites involved. If anyone sees an issue with the information I have detailed then please let me know). Birkenshaw Fireclay Works and Colliery, Birkenshaw,…
(Note – SBH – The brickworks and brick manufacturing companies in the Larkhall area is very confusing to sort out. There were many company name changes, changes of ownership and several sites involved. If anyone sees an issue with the information I have detailed then please let me know). Larkhall Fire Clay Company, Larkhall, South…
(Note – SBH – The brickworks and brick manufacturing companies in the Larkhall area is very confusing to sort out. There were many company name changes, changes of ownership and several sites involved. If anyone sees an issue with the information I have detailed then please let me know). Larkhall Silica & Coal Company Ltd,…
Found in Fife. I believe this was manufactured by Charles Bramall who owned the Caledonian Brickworks, Larkhall c.1904 to his death 1921 – this site was previously known as the Larkhall Brickfields and by 1938 it was known as Birkenshaw Brickworks. Charles Bramall Ltd, a silica brick manufacturer also owned a brickworks in Sheffield manufacturing silica…
(Note – SBH – The brickworks and brick manufacturing companies in the Larkhall area is very confusing to sort out. There were many company name changes, changes of ownership and several sites involved. If anyone sees an issue with the information I have detailed then please let me know). Birkenshaw Brick Company, Birkenshaw Brickworks, Larkhall….
(Note – SBH – The brickworks and brick manufacturing companies in the Larkhall area is very confusing to sort out. There were many company name changes, changes of ownership and several sites involved. If anyone sees an issue with the information I have detailed then please let me know). Caledonian Brickworks – this site was…
Newmains Brickworks, Morningside, North Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – Were these works also known as Chapel Brickworks, Morningside as per the 1964 entry below?) (Note – SBH – Possibly the same business as the Caledonian Brickworks, Birkenshaw – to be confirmed. It is also difficult to decide on whether researched information related to the Newmains…
Found by Geoff Hancock in the Strathaven area. Larkhall Brickfields, Birkenshaw, Larkhall, Lanarkshire. . . . .
17/06/1820 – Caledonian Mercury – The brick s making business is now extremely flat. There are thirty-five brick manufactories within about two miles of Glasgow, of these only 10 are working and twenty-four are totally idle. Every field is supposed to produce 500,000 bricks yearly, consequently, there has been a falling off of 12,000,000 in…
Found at Newmains. Newmains Brickworks, Morningside, Lanarkshire. . . . .
