Westwood Brickfield, West Calder, West Lothian
20/02/1847 – The Scotsman – The farm of Westwood occupied by the deceased Mr William Bruce … A tilework has been lately erected on the lands and lime works are within three miles …
03/01/1848 – Glasgow Herald – Valuable minerals in the Parish of Livingstone and County of Linlithgow to be sold … The lands and Estate of Westwood … There is a brick and tile work on the lands with the necessary fuel in proximity
Below – 17/03/1859 – Falkirk Herald – Mineral field to be let at the Estate of Westwood … 2 seams of good fireclay suitable for making ovens or any other purpose …
Below – 11/06/1863 – Glasgow Herald – Contractor wanted to make bricks at the brick and tile field, Westwood, West Calder.
Below – 15/06/1864 – Glasgow Herald – Contractor wanted to make bricks at the brick and tile field, Westwood, West Calder.
Below – 12/04/1865 – Glasgow Herald – Contractor wanted to make bricks at the brick and tile field, Westwood, West Calder.
Below – 1895 – Possible site of the Westwood Brickfield as marked by reference to an ‘old clay pit’?
