Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Ian Suddaby at the old Banff Distillery, Aberdeenshire. This example is not in my possession. Possibly manufactured by Ord Adams, Hill of Beath Coal and Fire Clay Works, Crossgates, Fife but it would be unusual for the maker’s Christian name alone to appear on a brick. Similar bricks have been found in the…

Hill of Beath Fireclay Works, Hill of Beath, Fife. Canmore 05/05/1859 – Dunfermline Press – Andrew Alexander, ironmonger intends removing at Whitsunday, to that shop, No 51 High Street, Dunfermline, opposite Music Hall Lane. Agent for Hill of Beath Fireclay Works. Below – 22/09/1859 – Fifeshire Journal – Hill of Beath mineral fields for sale…

Ord Adams, Hill of Beath, Crossgates. This example is not in my possession. Coping brick for a wall top. . . . Below – The same stamp on a chimney found by Ian Suddaby in the Aberdeen area. The chimney measures 35″ tall and 9.5″ wide. .