Below – 09/02/1849 – Kelso Chronicle – 350, 000 drain tiles for sale. Belonging to Messrs James and George Mitchell.
Below – 24/05/1850 – Kelso Chronicle – Drain tiles for sale. John Forsythe.
03/12/1852 – Kelso Chronicle – Pinnacle Farm, Parish of Ancrum to let … Pinnacle is situated within a mile of Belses Station of the North British Railway. There is an excellent tilework on the Estate. A considerable portion of the land has been drained.
1858 – 1860 – ScotlandsPlaces – This name applies to a tile works situated on the farm of Pinnacle and is the property of Mrs Cockbrun
Below – 1859 – Pinnacle Tileworks, Ancrum, Jedburgh. (Not referenced on the 1897 map)
17/08/1860 – Kelso Chronicle – Tileworks for sale at Pinnacle. To be sold by private contract. The kiln and extensive drying sheds at Pinnacle, as lately occupied by Mr William Stevenson. For further particulars apply to J.B. Kerr, Kelso. with whom offers must be lodged on or before Friday 24th August 1860. Kelso 15/08/1860.
08/01/1876 – Jedburgh Gazette – Pinnacle Tileworks. A large stock of drain pipes on hand. Prices quoted by applying to Mr Thomas, Pinnacle, Ancrum, Jedburgh.
Below – 12/05/1881 – Southern Reporter. Pinnacle and Rawflat sale including the Pinnacle Tilework fittings.
Canmore (Note – SBH – I am unable to pinpoint it on the OS Maps – I will try again!) Below – 1856 – Canmore suggests Kittleyknowe Tileworks were at the location of the red cross. 11/05/1881 – Greenock Advertiser – Bankruptcy – John Finnie Allan, farmer, Cardrona Mains and Kittleyknowe, Peebleshire. (Were the tileworks…
Canmore Below – 1856 – Castleton Tileworks, Newcastleton.
Canmore Below – 1856 – Old Brick Kilns, Nether Falla, Eddleston. Near Scarcerig.
Lamberton Colliery Brickworks, Mordington, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders. Below – 12/06/1846 – The going colliery at Lamberton for let … There is an extensive field of common clay of the best quality, on the surface and fire clay in the pit, which has been found equal to the finest ‘Stourbridge’ thereby affording every opportunity for carrying…
Found by Geoff Parkhouse at Rutherford near Kelso, former County of Roxburghshire. This brick is unmarked. The manufacturer is unknown. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but … No doubt there will have been a brick and tile works in the area during the 18th century but I just do not know where exactly….
04/10/1850 – Kelso Chronicle – Building clubs … it is proposed to build the cottages of brick which can now be obtained from the brickworks on the Cavers Estate and will also for a short time, be obtained nearer home from the works on the Estate of Stirches …
Canmore Below – 07/05/1847 – The erection of Larriston Tileworks. Below – 1858 – Larriston Tileworks, Larriston. (The works are not named on the 1896 map).
Cowdenknows Tileworks, Earlston aka Crossrigs – formerly in the County of Berwickshire. Canmore 10/01/1845 – Kelso Chronicle – Contractors wanted for making about 114 roods of a new road to the brick and tile work at Cowdenknows. Specifications will be seen in the hands of Mr White, Cowdenknows or with Mr Mitchell, surveyor, Melrose. 03/07/1846…
Oxnam Tileworks, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders aka Cringleburn Tileworks. Many thanks to Chris J Veitch, Jedburgh for his assistance in ascertaining the location of this tilework. 1841 – Census – Cringleburn Tileworks, now Oxnam Sawmill. David (25)and Margaret Sives (30). David – drain tile manufacturer. 1841 – Census – Huntill Cottages, Jedburgh. William (20) and Isabella…
Kames Tileworks, Leitholm, Scottish Borders aka Graden Hill Brick and Tile Works. 27/06/1845 – Kelso Chronicle – Marriages – At Gavinton, Berwickshire on 16th inst by the Rev Dr Brown, Free church, Mr Thomas Fisher, Kames Tileworks to Miss Mary Anne Spence eldest daughter of Mr John Spence, Gavinton. 23/11/1849 – Kelso Chronicle – Kames…
