16/01/1844 – Ayr Observer – The tilework at Shawneuk near Catrine will be sold by private bargain, or let for the season of 1844. Application for particulars may be made to the Trustees on James Nimmo’s Estate; or to Strathdee and Meikle, writers in Mauchline, on or before 10th February next. 13th January 1841.
1851 – Andrew and Hugh McSkimming, Tile maker, Shawneuk, Catrine, Ayrshire.
Below – 1856 – Shawneuk Tileworks, Catrine. The works are disused by 1896.
John Nelson was a Scot who operated the brickworks at Benhar, Otago, New Zealand. In 1864, Nelson opened the Benhar Coal Company. He produced brick etc on the site from 1876 until 1892 – 1893 when the business was sold to Peter McSkimming, a fellow Scot. Peter McSkimming and his son Peter McNish McSkimming, worked…
Stonehouse Brick and Tile Works, South Lanarkshire. 24/03/1849 – Perry’s Bankrupt Gazette – Kenneth and Stevenson of Tarbrax and Stonehouse tile and brick makers – 2nd October. Debts owed by Stevenson. Below – 18/08/1849 – Glasgow Herald – Kittymuir Farm to let … The roads, in all directions, are good and there is a large…
Many thanks to Matthew Hennessey, Underground Overground Archaeology, Christchurch, New Zealand. John Deans was born in Kirkstyle, Riccarton, East Ayrshire. Messrs William and John Deans of Riccarton, Canterbury were the sons of Mr John Deans, Kirkstyle, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland and were born at Kirkstyle. John on 24/05/1820 and William about 3 years earlier. They emigrated…
1851 – Andrew and Hugh McSkimming, Tile maker, Shawneuk, Catrine, Ayrshire. Peter McSkimming was born, probably in 1847 or 1848, in Auchenheath, Lanarkshire, Scotland; he was the son of Mary McNish and her husband, Peter McSkimming, a brick- and tile-maker and pipe manufacturer. His early life was spent in various towns in Lanarkshire and Ayrshire….
