1816 – Samuel Coulter, brickmaker, Gallowgate Toll, Glasgow.
1825 – Samuel Coulter, brickmaker, Gallowgate, Glasgow.
1835 – 1836 – John Coulter, bricklayer and brick manufacturer, Tylefield Street, Gallowgate, Glasgow and Samuel Coulter, Late Tyle Maker, Tylefield Street, Glasgow.
1836 – Samuel Coulter & John Coulter, brick and tile makers, Tylefield Street.
1837 – John Coulters, brickmaker, Gallowgate, Glasgow. (Page 546).
1840 – 1841 – John Coulter, brick builder and tile maker, Tylefield Street, Glasgow.
1841 – John Coulter, brick builder and tile maker, Tylefield Street, Glasgow.
24/03/1848 – Glasgow Herald – To brick and tile makers. To be let on lease. Several fields of clay of a very superior quality and great depth, situated at Camlachie, near the Gallowgate Toll Bar. Apply to John Allan, writer, 120 Buchanan Street; or to Mr John Coulter, brick builder, No. 52 Tylefield Street, Gallowgate: the latter of whom will show the fields and specimens of the clay.
1849 – 1850 – John Coulter, brick builder and tile manufacturer, 52 Tylefield Street, Glasgow.
Below – 1856 – Map showing Tylefield Street, Glasgow but the brickworks are not identified. (Note – SBH – Tylefield Street is situated adjacent to the Campbellfield Brick, Tile and Pottery Works. Perhaps Coulter’s works were also located in the vicinity at one point).
30/10/1857 – The Glasgow Herald – Properties in Little and Marlborough Streets, Calton and Gallowgate, Glasgow for sale. These premises belong to the heirs of Samuel Coulter, Brickmaker, Glasgow. Also Tylefield Street, Glasgow.
Muirhouses Brickworks, Eglinton Street, Glasgow. (See also Barlinnie Fireclay Works and Campbellfield Brick Tile and Pottery Works and Strathbungo Brickworks). (Note – SBH – I believe the brickfield indicated south of Lily Bank Road is the Lilybank Brickworks. The narrative below states that the Muirhouses Brickworks were built illegally so that is perhaps why they…
Found by Vassily Khvalyuk in Sevastopol, Russia. . . . . Below – Patent Wilson & Son Glasgow – William Wilson & Son, brickmaker and builder, Muirhouses Brickworks, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow and Campbellfield Brick Tile and Pottery Works, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – I am uncertain which works this particular brick was…
Found in the base structure of a former glasshouse in the walled garden of Westport House, Co. Mayo, Republic of Ireland. Photographed by Susan Roundtree. William Wilson & Son, brickmaker and builder, Muirhouses Brickworks, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow and Campbellfield Brick Tile and Pottery Works, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – I am uncertain…
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. This is a circle brick and the 5 will reference the angle of curve on the brick (and therefore how many will make up a circle – chimney stalk). William Wilson & Son, brickmaker and builder, Muirhouses Brickworks, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow and Campbellfield Brick…
Canmore Strathbungo Brickworks, Strathbungo, Glasgow AKA – Coplawhil or Coplawhill Brickworks? (Note – SBH – This brickworks relationship confuses me. Can anyone firm up on the meagre information recorded here?). 1857 – 1858 – William Fogo, brick and tile maker, Strathbungo, Glasgow.
The following photos were kindly supplied by Tony Bedassie who found these bricks on a beach in Trinidad. Etna, Patent R.Brown Paisley, Gartcraig Patent Glasgow, Patent Wilson & Son Glasgow, Glenboig, Gartcosh, Allan & Man Govan Patent Glasgow, Atlas and possibly Coltness. Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: West Works, Armadale, West Lothian….
Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. This is a curved or circle brick and the 7 will denote the degree of curve or angle. William Wilson & Son, brickmaker and builder, Muirhouses Brickworks, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow and Campbellfield Brick Tile and Pottery Works, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – I am…
Found by Robert Bain from West Dunbartonshire. Find location unknown. This is a circle brick and the 3 will reference the angle of curve on the brick (and therefore how many will make up a circle – chimney stalk). William Wilson & Son, brickmaker and builder, Muirhouses Brickworks, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow and…
Found Glasgow. A slight variation of frog design from my others. William Wilson, Campbellfield, Glasgow Note the face of the brick is covered in ‘pimple’ – like a hobnail boot impression but in reverse. The whole surface is covered which is unusual – any ideas as to what could have made the marks? . ….
Photograph and information have been forwarded by Graeme Toll. William Wilson & Son, brickmaker and builder, Muirhouses Brickworks, Eglinton Street and Pollokshaw Road, Glasgow and Campbellfield Brick Tile and Pottery Works, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – I am uncertain which works this particular brick was manufactured at but it may have been Muirhouses). The brick…
