Canmore – Newbigging Brick and Tile Works: A brick and tile work, worked by machinery, on the farm of Newbigging, the property of the Earl of Buchan and in the occupation of Mr Hutchinson.
19/04/1845 – The Scotsman – Reference to Thomas Hamilton Esq, brick and tile manufacturer, Newbigging with regards the new Uphall and Bathgate Railway Company.
1853 – Invoice – Thomas Hamilton, tile manufacturer, Overton near Kirknewton. Works – Auchengray by Carnwath and Newbigging by Broxburn and Hallcraig by Carluke and Braidwood by Carluke. The reference to Overton, Kirknewton may be Mr Hamiltons residence and office?
1854 – Invoice – Thomas Hamilton, tile manufacturer, Overton near Kirknewton. Works – Auchengray by Carnwath and Newbigging by Broxburn and Hallcraig by Carluke and Nellfield by Carluke. The reference to Overton, Kirknewton may be Mr Hamiltons residence and office?
Below – 1854 – 1855 – Newbigging Brick and Tile Works. The works are not depicted on the 1895 map.
1855 – 1859 – ScotlandsPlaces – Newbigging Brick and Tile Works. A brick and tile work, worked by machinery on the farm of Newbigging, the property of the Earl of Buchan and in the occupation of Mr Hutchinson.
29/02/1860 – The Scotsman – Tilework, cement and fireclay to be let. The tilework at Newbigging in the Parish of Uphall and on the Estate of the Earl of Buchan is to be let for such a period and on such terms as may be agreed upon. The clay has been proved, is of excellent quality and surrounds the work in a large quantity. Every encouragement will be given to an enterprising tenant. The cement was formerly worked and found to be of excellent quality. The fireclay has been found in various parts of the Estate, in large quantity and of easy access. Coal is being worked on the Estate within a short distance of the tilework. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Canal and the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway traverse the Estate. Intending offerers may apply to Mr Thomas Brydon, overseer, Broxburn, who will point out the premises and give all information. Offers will be received until 1st March by Messrs Inglis & Leslie, W. S, 16 Queen Street or Messrs Lindsay, Jamieson & Haldane, Accountants, No 24, St Andrews Square, Edinburgh.
13/02/1862 – Southern Reporter – Scotch Bankrupts … Peter Ferguson, house factor and agent, Edinburgh and brick and tile manufacturer at Newbigging near Broxburn, Linlithgowshire.
08/03/1862 – Edinburgh Evening Courant – Examinations … Peter Ferguson, house factor and agent in Edinburgh and brick and tile manufacturer at Newbigging, near Broxburn, Linthgowshire and residing at West Gilmore Place, Edinburgh to be examined in the County Buildings, Edinburgh, 17th March at 12 o’clock.
19/03/1862 – The Scotsman – Tilework, cement and fireclay to be let with immediate entry. The tilework at Newbigging in the Parish of Uphall and on the Estate of the Earl of Buchan is to be let with immediate entry for such a period and on such terms as may be agreed upon. The clay is abundant and of excellent quality. The machinery is in good working order and the proximity of the Union Canal and the Edinburgh to Bathgate Railway affords great facilities for the transmission of the produce. The cement was formerly worked and found to be of excellent quality. The fireclay has been found in various parts of the Estate, in large quantity and of easy access. Intending offerers may apply to Mr James Fisher, Broxburn, who will point out the premises and give all information. Offers will be received until 24th March by Messrs Inglis & Leslie, W. S, 16 Queen Street or Messrs Lindsay, Jamieson & Haldane, Accountants, No 24, St Andrews Square, Edinburgh. (The works were still up for let on 11/10/1862).
21/10/1862 – Edinburgh Gazette – Sequestration of Peter Ferguson, house factor and agent in Edinburgh and brick and tile manufacturer at Newbigging, near Broxburn, Linthgowshire.
20/01/1866 – Daily Review (Edinburgh) – Creditors of Peter Ferguson, some time house factor and agent in Edinburgh and brick and tile manufacturer at Newbigging, near Broxburn, now deceased, meet in the office of Alexander T. Niven, 13 Queen Street, Edinburgh on Tuesday 13th February at 2 o’clock. A. T Niven trustee.
24/01/1902 – Linlithgowshire Gazette – Broxburn and their days of auld lang syne. Chats with old residenters. William Law … I was born in the United States of America 72 years ago … When I came to Broxburn first there were only two industries and the valuable oil-producing capabilities of the district had not been discovered. There was a tilework called Newbigging and there were two quarries at Binny, one on the Strathbrook Estate and the other on the Binny Estate. Both went under the name of the Binny Quarry … The brick and tile works belonged in the forties to a Mr Hamilton and Mr Ferguson succeeded him. The principal output of this work was drainage tiles and it gave employment to a good many people, chiefly women. This work is also a thing of the past and at present the Broxburn Oil Company is pumping water out of the clay hole from which the clay was procured for the purpose of tile making …
Glenboe Tileworks, Pittinain, South Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – I cannot find these works detailed on the old maps. Pittinain is shown as Pettinain on the early maps). Below – 21/06/1861 – Invoice – Thomas Hamilton, brick and tile manufacturer. Park House, Carstairs Works Auchengray by Carnwath Pool by Carnwath Glenboe by Pittinain Lanark Hallcraig,…
Below – 1859 – Auchengray Brick and Tile Works, Carnwath. These are not depicted on the 1896 map. (Note – SBH – On an 1868 invoice for Thomas Hamilton there are references to his tileworks at Auchengray by Carnwath and Pool by Carnwath. So it appears there was another tileworks near to these Auchengray Tileworks…
Carstairs Junction Tileworks, Carstairs, South Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – I am uncertain as to the exact name of these works. Many brickworks in the area were owned by Thomas Hamilton). Below – 1858 – Carstairs Junction Tileworks. These works are not detailed on the 1896 map. 1858 – 1861 – ScotlandsPlaces – Carstaits Tileworks….
Carmichael Brick and Tile Works, Carmichael, South Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – I have been able to identify the exact location of these works on a map. If anyone has any knowledge of these brick and tile works then please feel free to get in touch). 1867 – Thomas Hamilton, brick tile and drain pipe manufacturer,…
(Note – SBH – The info below is confusing as James Allan and Thomas Hamilton appear to swap ownership/management of these works on a regular basis. In 1878 they both appear to be there at the same time. So have I got something wrong here? Could there have been 2 sites at Auchengray near Carnwath…
Below – 1858 – Corehouse Tileworks, Lanark. 1858 – 1861 – ScotlandsPlaces – Corehouse Brick and Tile Works. An extensive brick and tile work property of Miss Cranston. Engine attached 4 horsepower 25/01/1862 – Hamilton Advertiser – To labourers – to let, the raising and wheeling of some hundreds of yards of clay for tileworks…
The article that follows was compiled by a member of the Carluke Parish Historical Society. Introduction In the new statistical account (1845/6) volume 6) it was noted that “clay fit for a variety of purposes such as brick making and pottery manufacture” was abundant in the Parish of Carluke, and that “large deposits of white…
(Note – SBH – The info below is confusing as James Allan and Thomas Hamilton appear to swap ownership/management of these works on a regular basis. In 1878 they both appear to be there at the same time. So have I got something wrong here? Could there have been 2 sites at Auchengray near Carnwath…
18/05/1850 – Perry’s Bankrupt Gazette – Scotch partnership dissolved. Thomas and William Hamilton of Westwood and Hallcraig, Carluke, tile and brick manufacturers, 1st May. Debts by T. Hamilton. 1853 – Invoice – Thomas Hamilton, tile manufacturer, Overton near Kirknewton. Works – Auchengray by Carnwath and Newbigging by Broxburn and Hallcraig by Carluke and Braidwood by…
