Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found byMarnix (John) Visser on an old plantation in Suriname in South America which has Scottish origins. Below  – Dougall – James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Hyslop – Airdrie House Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Kipps, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Carfin – Carfin Brickworks, Carfin, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire or…

Carfin Colliery Brickworks, Carfin, North Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – When researching these works it is often very confusing whether information gleaned should be recorded on this page or the page for the Carfin Brickworks. If anyone believes information is wrongly recorded then please let me know). Canmore – This brickworks is not named on the…

Found at the site of the Calder Ironworks, Coatbridge. Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Govan Brickworks, Glasgow. Below – Note the frog shape with the ‘eyelid’ to the front. The rear is ‘normal’ in appearance. Below – This same stamp was found at the same location along with…

1896 – 1897 – Invoices – Loganlea Coal Company Limited. Collieries – Loganlea, Longford, Stoneyburn & Foulshiels, West Calder. Carfin Collieries and Brickworks, Motherwell. The 1896 invoices detail 65 West Regent Street, Glasgow as the company office whereas the 1897 invoice details 157 West George Stree, Glasgow as the company office. 18/03/1899 – Airdrie and…

So far only 2 different letters have been found associated with the Dixon stamp. ‘G’ and ‘A’. It is suspected that the ‘G’ stands for the Garturk Brickworks and ‘A’ for the Auchlochan Brickworks, both of which were at one point owned by Dixon. Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Owned by the Carnbroe Ironworks.  Working…

Canmore – Jenny Lind Brickworks, also known as Carfin Colliery Brickworks, A Jeffrey and Co. Ltd. (Note – SBH – I am not sure if this is true as both Jenny Lind and Carfin Colliery Brickworks may be marked separately on a 1910 map. Requires clarification). These works made common bricks which were marked JENNY…

Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – When researching these works it is often very confusing whether information gleaned should be recorded on this page or the page for the Carfin Colliery Brickworks. If anyone believes information is wrongly recorded then please let me know). Canmore – Carfin Tileworks – 1859 – Depicted…

Found Carluke. Either the Carfin Brickworks, Carfin, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire or the Carfin Colliery Brickworks, Carfin, North Lanarkshire. . . . .  

Found in Rutherglen and kindly donated by Sandra MacLeod. This example has a narrower and deeper frog than my other Dixon G. (Could be Dixon C). Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Govan Brickworks, Glasgow. 1 Dixon Street, Glasgow So far only 2 different letters have been found associated…

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…