Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Eddie McLean in Ayrshire. Peter Brown, Brick and Tile manufacturer, Gladstone and Fullwood Brickworks, Bishopton, Paisley. . . . .

Williamwood Brick and Tile Works, Clarkston, Busby, Glasgow. Canmore Mr and Mrs Yuille owned the Brick and Tile Works in Clarkston in the 19th century, a small, local industry in a largely industrial area, now the site of Williamwood High School. Redhurst House was built in 1895 of local Giffnock brick by Mr & Mrs…

Found Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Peter Brown, Brick and Tile Maker, Corsehill, Dreghorn, RSO Ayrshire . . . .

1855 – 1857 – ScotlandPlaces – Corsehill Tileworks. Robert Gairdner, factor. Below – 1856 – Corsehill Tileworks. Below – 11/04/1866 – Glasgow Herald – Corsehill Tilework for let as possessed by Mr Alexander Douglas. 1867 – Alexander Douglas, Corsehill Tileworks, Kilmarnock. 1872 – Peter Brown, tile manufacturer, Corsehill. Below – 20/02/1875 – The Ardrossan and Saltcoats…

Gladston, Glastone, Gledstane. See Alexander Whitelaw Canmore and Canmore 1839 – Gladston Brickworks established? (See entry dated 17/02/1869 below). 1847 – Peter Brown started operating on the site? (See entry dated 14/01/1867 below). 1851 – 1852 – Peter Brown – Brick and Tile manufacturer, Gladston, Paisley. 24/07/1855 – Greenock Advertiser – … Leaving Bishopton we take…

Walkinshaw Brickworks, Renfrew, Renfrewshire Available evidence indicates that Merry & Cunninghame (coal and iron masters with extensive mineral interests in the west of Scotland), began working ironstone at Walkinshaw (No.1) pit during the mid-1850s. The first edition OS map (surveyed c.1857) shows the engine house buildings of the pit, but no rail link. An 1862…