Found by Gregor Helm just northeast of Townhill, Fife.
This example is not in my possession.
Manufactured either by the
Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline
or the
Lilliehill Fire-clay Works, Townhill, Dunfermline. (Note – SBH – The find location is nearer Lilliehill but …).
Below – The same stamp on a red coloured brick. Found by Anne and Drew Mitchell at Townhill.
Photographed in a garden in Edinburgh by Ian Suddaby. Street Brothers, Appin Coal and Fire Clay Works, Townhill, Dunfermline – Fire clay – J.S. Street, Manager This product was probably manufactured at their Cruicks Pottery and Terracotta Works, Inverkeithing, Fife. . . . .
Found by Mike Chapman in Woodborough, Nottinghamshire. The brick was found in a pile of hardcore and rubble used to fill holes in a golf course road so its provenance is unknown. This example is not in my possession. Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline. . . . .
Cruicks Pottery and Terracotta Works, Inverkeithing, Fife – This should be read in conjunction with the entry of the Naval Base, Rosyth. John Shepherd Street, Born 8/12/1859, son of Richard Street, brick manufacturer, Dunfermline, and Euphemia West, grandson of William Streets and Anna Shepherd, married 02/02/1800 Glasgow. John S Street resident Dunfermline 1871-1891. 01/11/1892 – Edinburgh…
Found in the Aberdeenshire area by Ian Suddaby. This is a roof ridge. Appin Fire Clay Works, Townhill, Dunfermline. . . . .
Townhill Brickworks, Dunfermline, Fife aka Townhill Fireclay Works. John Shepherd Street, Born 8/12/1859, son of Richard Street, brick manufacturer, Dunfermline, and Euphemia West, grandson of William Streets and Anna Shepherd, married 02/02/1800 Glasgow. John S Street resident Dunfermline 1871-1891. (Note – SBH – Were these brickworks one of the same with the Kingseat Hill Brickworks or…
Alexander Wilson & Son Terracotta Manufacturers, Lochhead Works, Dunfermline. In 1851, the Great Exhibition (for which the Crystal Palace was built) was held in Hyde Park, London. The exhibition was a great success and led Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, to propose the creation of a permanent series of facilities for the enlightenment of the public in the area, which…
Lochside Coal and Fireclay Company Limited, Townhill, Dunfermline. Canmore 12/04/1902 – New brickworks at Townhill opened by Lochside Brick and Fireclay Works (Journal p4 col 7). Below – 1905 – Advert Lochside Coal and Fireclay Company. Below – 01/02/1905 – Dundee Courier – Dispute over a pipe. (07/03/1905 – the outcome). 2/11/1906 – Lochside Fife…
John Shepherd Street, born 8/12/1859, son of Richard Street, brick manufacturer, Dunfermline, and Euphemia West, grandson of William Streets and Anna Shepherd, married 02/02/1800 Glasgow. John S Street resident Dunfermline 1871-1891. (Note – SBH – I have included here, any references to the Street family, that I cannot connect to a particular brickworks). 13/09/1884 –…
Found on the fore shore at Inverkeithing, Fife Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline . . . .
Found in Fife area – RC Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline. . . . .
