• 11 Morningside

    Found in the Melrose, Scottish Borders area. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . .

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  • Morningside Altos

    Found by Ian Suddaby at Ravenscraig, Motherwell. This example is not in my possession. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . .

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  • Morningside brick found in Nevada, USA

    Found by Gary Underhill at Goldfield, Nevada, USA. This was a surface find near the site of an 1860s bank building in Goldfield. . . . Below – MorningsideMorningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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  • Morningside K

    Found at Oakvale, Livingston. Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, North Lanarkshire. This was inadvertently left at the find site. . . .

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  • O Morningside

    Found at Oakvale, Livingston. Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, North Lanarkshire. . . . .

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  • 1 Morningside

    Found by Ian Suddaby in the West Lothian area. I am not in possession of this example. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. The mark above Morningside is unclear. It may be an underscored 1 or an inverted ‘T’ or it could be a random ‘blemish’. . . Below – A similar mark found on a…

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  • Howie and Morningside bricks found in Winnipeg, Canada

    Many thanks to Shayne Campbell, President & Executive Director Settlers, Rials & Trails – Argyle Museum, for permission to use the photographs of their Scottish bricks. The following bricks are in the possession of the Argyle Museum, Winnipeg, Canada. The bricks were obtained from a junkyard in Winnipeg and are believed to have been salvaged…

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  • Morningside

    Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . .

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  • Morningside and Gartcraig bricks found in Canada

    Found by Matt Elsworth. . . . . Below – MorningsideMorningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, North Lanarkshire. Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. Found on the shore at Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.

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  • Morningside X

    Found at Oakvale, Livingston. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . .

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  • Morningside O

    Found at Oakvale, Livingston. Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, North Lanarkshire. . . . .

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  • Hyndshaw Fireclay Mine, Morningside, Newmains, North Lanarkshire

    Hyndshaw Fireclay Mine, Morningside, Newmains, North Lanarkshire. 1896 – Morningside Mine – Morningside Coal Co, Newmains. Coal and Fire Clay mined. John Gray Manager. (Note – SBH – This is believed to be the Hyndshaw Mine) 1920 – Special report on the mineral resources of Great Britain – Chapel Coal Company Limited. Morningside Brickworks, Newmains….

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  • Goodock Fireclay Mine, Morningside, North Lanarkshire

    Goodock Fireclay Mine, Morningside, Lanarkshire – Source Kenneth W Sanderson. 1938 – The Morningside Fireclay Company worked the Goodock fireclays known locally as the Watsonhead fireclays from Watsonhead No 1 mine  – started in 1938. 1959 – Watsonhead No 1 mine – closed. 1959 – Watsonhead No 2 mine – opened. 1961 – Watsonhead No 1 mine –…

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  • Newmains Fireclay Works, Morningside, Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire

    (Note – SBH – It is sometimes difficult to decide on whether information found should be allocated to the Newmains Fireclay Works page or the Newmains Brick and Tile Works page. If anyone picks up on any errors on these pages please let me know). Canmore Records of Coltness Iron Co Ltd, coal and iron masters…

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  • X Morningside

    Found at Manderston near Linlithgow and kindly donated by Nick Basden. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire . . . .  

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  • Morningside

    Found at the Coltness Iron Works, Newmains. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire . . . .

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  • Morningside S

    Found by Gordon Wyle in Broxburn, West Lothian. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire . . . .

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  • Newmains Brick and Tile Works, Newmains, Morningside, North Lanarkshire

    Newmains Brickworks, Morningside, North Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – Were these works also known as Chapel Brickworks, Morningside as per the 1964 entry below?) (Note – SBH –  Possibly the same business as the Caledonian Brickworks, Birkenshaw – to be confirmed. It is also difficult to decide on whether researched information related to the Newmains…

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  • Morningside 3

    Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . .

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  • Morningside 1

    Found in Glasgow Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire . . . .

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  • Morningside

    Foundin Falkirk Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – The same stamp on an elongated arch brick.  

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  • Morningside brick found at a Palace in Firenze, Pistoia e Prato, Italy

    Details and photographs have been forwarded by Carlotta Bigagli. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire During an urban archaeological excavation in 2017, undertaken inside an historical palace in Firenze, Pistoia e Prato, Italy and commissioned by the Provincia di Firenze and directed by the SoprintendenzaArcheologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la Città Metropolitana di Firenze e…

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  • Morningside Altos

    Found by Willie Guthrie on the foreshore of Loch Lomond in Balloch Country Part, West Dumbartonshire. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. So does anyone know what Altos stands for? . . .   Below – A near perfect example found in St Petersburg, Russia    

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  • Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, North Lanarkshire

    Morningside Coal Company ran the Morningside Brickworks. Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, Lanarkshire. Canmore 1862 – Morningside Brickworks – Newmains, Motherwell – Gavin Pettigrew (Manager). 12/07/1862 – Hamilton Advertiser – Accident – On Saturday, the 5th current, an accident occurred at a sandpit, Allanton. A boy, named Samuel Findlator, aged 14, residing at Morningside, went into…

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  • 8 Morningside

    Found Coltness Iron Works, Newmains. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . .  

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  • Morningside

    Found Kennishead, Glasgow Large floor tile / slab with the brickmark on a curve Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire . . .

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  • Morningside firebricks

    Found by William Harrison in the Airdrie area. A cracking find – Willie thinks it is a sample brick and I do believe he may be  correct as its only 2 1/4 ” long  – even baby firebricks are normally slightly larger than this. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire . . .  

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  • Morningside

    Found Wemyss, Fife. Large slab. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . .

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  • Morningside L12

    Seen at Mayfield Brickworks Carluke. Left in situ due to size. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . Approx 2 1/2 feet long. 9″ deep and 14″ at widest. .

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  • 5 Morningside

    Found Newmains, Morningside, North Lanarkshire Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . .

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