08/07/1899 – Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser – On Wednesday morning, Thos Duffis, labourer, employed at the Stripeside Brickworks was badly crushed by an iron wheel falling upon him. He was removed to the Cottage Hospital, where his injuries were attended to. One of Duffis’ legs was badly fractured at the ankle.
23/09/1905 – Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser – Denny – About six o’clock yesterday morning Martin Hill, slater, Denny, was found by the Stripeside Brickworks watchman lying on the Stoneywood Branch Railway, near to the Stripeside Pit, in an insensible condition. He was removed to Denny Cottage Hospital, where it was ascertained that his injuries are most serious. Hill’s skull is laid almost open over the left eye, and he is not expected to recover. How he came by his injuries is not yet known.
(Note – SBH – Could Stripeside Brickworks be another name for Herbertshire Brickworks?)
Below – 1913 – Herbertshire Brickworks, Denny. (Herbertshire Colliery is depicted on the 1896 map but not the brickworks)
Canmore Below – Source Falkirk Museum and Archives – Callendar Brick and Fireclay Works, Glen Village, Falkirk. Callendar Brickworks. Callendar Firebrick and Tileworks. Glen Brickworks. The Brickworks appear to have been constructed after 1820 as a set of plans of this date give no evidence for such a site. In 1868 John Wilson held a…
An open cast fireclay mine worked by the Millstone Grit Fireclay Ltd, Denny.
Canmore Below – 22/02/1936 – The Scotsman – Fire at Rosebank Ironworks, Cambuslang – James Mitchell & Co. Below – 02/09/1953 – Dundee Courier – Brick machine manufactured by James Mitchell & Co was assembled at Bannockburn and despatched to England. 1968 – Herbertshire Brick Works, Denny – The site had a Mitchell plastic brick…
Found by Jeannie Cooper in the Dundee area. Herbertshire Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. . . . .
Found at Stoneywood, Bonnybridge. Herbertshire Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. . . . .
Canmore – Herbertshire Brickworks, Millstone Grit and Fireclay Ltd, Denny. Canmore – Herbertshire Refractories? (Note – SBH – From c. 1900. Robert Addie and Sons Ltd owned the Herberstshire Colliery and mined fireclay as well as the coal. Firebricks were made for a while). Below – Source Falkirk Museum and Archives. – Herbertshire Brickworks, 16…
Canmore Below – Source Falkirk Museum and Archives – Callendar Brick and Fireclay Works, Glen Village, Falkirk. aka Callendar Brickworks. aka Callendar Firebrick and Tileworks. aka Glen Brickworks. The Brickworks appear to have been constructed after 1820 as a set of plans of this date give no evidence for such a site. In 1868 John…
Alpha – Millstone Fire and Grit Co, Herbertshire Brickworks According to Falkirk Museums and Archives FMA – Alpha bricks were a product of the Millstone Fire and Grit Co. Incorporated in 1966 and took over the common brickworks at Herbertshire, Denny. Worked open cast fireclay pits at Threaprigg and Slamannan Plateau. Merged with Burn Fireclay Co…
Found at Bonnyside, Bonnybridge. Herbertshire Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. . . . . Below – Almost the same stamp but ‘Denny’ is slightly more elongated than above. Found by Gordon Wyle.
Found in Fife area – JC Herbertshire Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. . . . .
