Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found byMarnix (John) Visser on an old plantation in Suriname in South America which has Scottish origins. Below  – Dougall – James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Hyslop – Airdrie House Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Kipps, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Carfin – Carfin Brickworks, Carfin, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire or…

Carfin Colliery Brickworks, Carfin, North Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – When researching these works it is often very confusing whether information gleaned should be recorded on this page or the page for the Carfin Brickworks. If anyone believes information is wrongly recorded then please let me know). Canmore – This brickworks is not named on the…

Found Carluke. Either the Carfin Brickworks, Carfin, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire or the Carfin Colliery Brickworks, Carfin, North Lanarkshire. . . . .  

Found in Fife area. Either the Carfin Brickworks, Carfin, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire or the Carfin Colliery Brickworks, Carfin, North Lanarkshire. . . . .

Found by David Ivey at Chapelhall near Motherwell. Alexander G Simpson, brickmaker, Carfin, Motherwell. Probably the Carfin Colliery Brickworks, Carfin, North Lanarkshire as opposed to the Carfin Brickworks, Carfin, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick with a chamfered corner.    

Found Granton Firth of Forth. Carfin Colliery Brickworks, Carfin, North Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick where the corners of the frog have a definitely more pronounced scallop shape. Found in the Edinburgh area by Ian Suddaby Below – The same stamp on a brick where the corners…

Found Newmains, Morningside, North Lanarkshire. Either the Carfin Brickworks, Carfin, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire or the Carfin Colliery Brickworks, Carfin, North Lanarkshire. . . . .