(Note – SBH – Mr Jas Goldie’s and William Gilchrist’s bricks are marked Shawfield Toll and I assume these are the same works as Shawfield Brickworks).
1849 – 1850 – James Goldie, brick builder, 78 Rutherglen Loan and 16 Cleland Street, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – This appears to be a reference to Goldies pre brick making days).
1852 – James Goldie, brick builder, 78 Rutherglen Loan and 16 Cleland Street, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – This appears to be a reference to Goldies pre brick making days).
1882 – Gilchrist and Goldie, Shawfield, Rutherglen.
15/01/1883 – North British Daily Mail – Gilchrist and others (Goldies Trustees) V Goldie and Son. This action is raised by the trustees of the late Alexander Goldie, contractor, Millbrae House, Langside against James Goldie and Sons, brick builders and contractors, Glasgow to have the defenders ordained to pay the pursuers the sum of £3739 13s 2d being the balance alleged to be still due of the late Alexander Goldies interest in the defenders firm. The defenders maintain that they are only liable in payment of a sum of about £800 subject to deduction of certain payments made to account which exceed that sum and that therefore they are entitled to absolvitor.
Gilchrist and others (Goldies Trustees) V Gilchrist and Goldie – This action is raised by the same parties against Gilchrist and Goldie, brickmakers, Glasgow and concludes for payment of £2600 being the balance alleged to be due of the interest of the said Alex Goldie in the defenders firm. The defenders tender a sum of about £400 in full of all claims. The records of both claims were closed today and sent to the procedure roll.
16/08/1884 – Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser – John McFayden, brick burner was charged with seriously assaulting a vagrant named John Rankin at Shawfield Brickworks. McFayden left Rankin in charge of the kiln while he went for a sleep. Rankin himself fell asleep and when he awoke he found the kiln fires almost out. He wakened McFayden who thereafter assaulted him.
1884 -85 – James Goldie & Son, brickmakers; Works, Sandyacres, Langside road, Coplawhill, Victoria Road, Shawfield Toll, Rutherglen Road, and Woodend, Crow Road, Partick.
Below – 1888 – Possibly Shawfield Brick Field, Rutherglen (Right), Glasgow and Millcroft Brick Field (Left).
Below – 1893 – Shawfield Brickworks, Rutherglen, Glasgow.
Below – 1893 – Shawfield Brickworks.
Below – 1903 – Photograph of James Goldie at the Trade House. He was made Deacon-Convenor of Trades in 1903. (Many thanks to Linda Boyle for forwarding this).
18/11/1905 – Invoice – Jas Goldie & Son, brickmakers, brick builders & contractors. TA – Brickbuilders Glasgow. Works Westthorn, London Road and Shawfield, Rutherglen Road and Shawfield No 2, Rutherglen Road.
Below – 1910 – Shawfield Brickworks, Rutherglen, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – These works have moved from their original site to the other side of Glasgow Road).
08/05/1915 – Edinburgh Evening News – Destructive fire in brickworks – Fire was discovered to have broken out yesterday morning in the brick making works belonging to Messrs James Golder (Goldie) & Sons, Shawfield, Rutherglen. The damage is estimated at about £500.
1935 – These brickworks no longer exist.
Found in the Glasgow area. James Goldie and Son, Crow Road, Partick. Goldie, James & Son, brickmakers; Works, Sandyacres, Langside Road, Coplawhill, Victoria Road, Shawfield Toll, Rutherglen Road and Woodend, Crow Road, Partick. . . .
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. James Goldie and Son, Westholm or Westthorn Brickworks, Glasgow. The ‘Goldie’ stamp comprises of raised letters. This stamp has however been stamped over a Jas Goldie & Son, Old Langside Road, Glasgow 1885. This brick is frogged to both sides. . . .
14/07/1923 – Glasgow Herald – Man was not long on the world’s stage when he commenced to work clay and impress on its plastic surface his primitive ideas. A common clay brick, even to the initiated tells its story and forms an important clue in the history of man. In Scotland, the earliest bricks made…
This brick was found by Javier Pérez while diving in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Alicante, Spain. Manufactured by Gilchrist & Goldie, Shawfield Toll Brickworks, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Richard Dobbin in the Bridgeton area of Glasgow. Manufactured by Gilchrist & Goldie, Shawfield Toll Brickworks, Glasgow. . . . .
Many thanks to Terrence Honore and the Palmiste Historical Society for the following information. These Scottish bricks were found on the Cedar Grove, Canaan Palmiste Estates, Trinidad. They were formerly owned by Scotsmen like the Lamonts. A chimney of bricks from that era 1810, still stands, along with bridges and a few other structures. The…
Found by Nina C Baker in the Glasgow area. I am not in possession of this example. Although the date area of the brick is broken it looks fairly certain that it reads 1865. (Far right of the bottom line of text). Gilchrist & Goldie Old Langside Road Glasgow. . .
Found by Dr Ian Law at Balmore near Torrance. This example is not in my possession. (Note – SBH – This is recorded meantime as 1893 but it may read 1898). James Goldie and Son, Crow Road, Partick. Goldie, James & Son, brickmakers; Works, Sandyacres, Langside Road, Coplawhill, Victoria Road, Shawfield Toll, Rutherglen Road and…
Found by Griselda Estrada de Acevedo and Marta Diaz in Colon Province, beyond Nuevo Tonosí, Panama. This was found on the family farm. Many thanks to Cristhian Acevedo for sending the photograph and information. Gilchrist & Goldie Crow Road Partick Glasgow 1882. . . .
Jordanhill Brickworks were in operation until the raw materials were exhausted in 1928. From them were drawn the bricks for part of Glasgow Corporation’s housing estate at Knightswood. Whitewashed low roofed houses occupied by workers in the brickfields while modern buildings were raised around them struck a note of incongruity for a year or two….
