This chimney is in the possession of Ian Suddaby and was found in the Edinburgh area.
Manufactured by Turner’s Ltd, Abercorn Brickworks, Portobello.
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29/01/1894 – Glasgow Herald – Foreman (Savvy) wanted for clay hole or will be quite willing to contract per 1000. Apply Eastfield Brickworks, Fauldhouse. Below – 1895 – Eastfield Brickworks. Below – 03/02/1898 – Glasgow Herald – Prospectus for Turners Limited, quarry masters, brick manufacturers and coal masters, Edinburgh … The company was formed in…
Braehead Brickworks, Fauldhouse, West Lothian possibly aka Fallahill Brickworks (Note – SBH – Can anyone find a map with these specific works detailed). Canmore 30/03/1895 – Glasgow Herald- New companies. Turner’s Limited established with a capital of £60,000 in 12,000 shares of £5 each to adopt and carry into effect an agreement with William Turner…
Canmore At Portobello, close to the mouth of the Braid Burn (Figgate Burn), brick clay has been worked since 1765. The oldest pits have long been abandoned. Not far from their sites others have been opened from time to time, worked for a time and then closed. These pits are all grouped together within an…
Donated by Steve Simkin. These were found in an internal attic wall in Morningside, Edinburgh. Turner‘s Limited, Brick and Tile manufacturer, Fauldhouse, West Lothian and Portobello, East Lothian. . . . .
Annals of Duddingston and Portobello – 1898 – The trade of Portobello has for the past hundred years been of a varied character. As we have already indicated in these pages, its principal and earliest products were derived from the excellent bed of clay found in the estuary of the Figgate Burn. Bricks and tiles, and…
. . . . . Below – The Village of Figget (Portobello) 1783. 1898 – William Baird’s Annals of Duddingston & Portobello – … About the year 1763, a new settlement began to be formed in the parish at the mouth of the Figgate Burn, consequent upon the finding of a valuable bed of clay,…
Found Old Niddrie Brickworks, Cleikimin, Edinburgh. Turner’s Limited, Abercorn Brick and Tile Works, Portobello. Turners Ltd Coal & Quarry Masters & brick manufacturers, 130 George Street, Edinburgh. TA Freestone. . . .
