Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. John Dodds, moulding sand, ground fire-clay and composition brick maker, 470 Garngad Rd. N.; tel. No., Bell 2994. Ho. 575 Alexandra Parade (Springburn, Glasgow). . . . .

Garngad Brickworks, Garngad Road, Glasgow. 1878  –  Miller & Young, Pottery Manufacturers, Garngad Hill, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – connected – probably not?). 11/03/1880 – Glasgow Evening Citizen – Coal ree, stable and yard to let in Garngad Road. Good position. Apply John Lochhead, Brickwork, Garngad Hill. (Note – SBH – Is Garngad Hill the…

The ATC brickmark was produced at various brickworks under the umbrella of the Alexandra Transport Company, the brickmark comes from the company initials, ATC and possibly AT (the AT’s could be examples of poor stamping). At one point they owned the following Scottish Brickworks. Blackhill, Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire. Summerston, Lanarkshire Balmore, Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire Walkinshaw, Renfrew, Renfrewshire. Carsehead, Dalry,…

Blochairn Sand and Fire Clay Co, Blochairn, Glasgow. “Blochairn Sand and Fire-Clay Co started in 1877 on the North Side of Hannay Street next to Blochairn Ironworks. Brickworks consisted of 2 rectangular kilns and 5 round kilns. Closed 1889. – Source Kenneth Sanderson. ( These dates are possibly wrong given some of the information to…

Found by Tucker Kennedy in Glasgow. John Dodds, moulding sand, ground fire-clay and composition brick maker, 470 Garngad Rd. N.; tel. No., Bell 2994. Ho. 575 Alexandra Parade (Springburn, Glasgow). Note the ‘N’ is reversed and the following ‘G’ is much smaller than the rest of the letter. . . . Below – This is…

Found Renton, Dumbarton. Slightly deeper frog than my other similar example. Garngard brick works, Glasgow possibly occupied by Dodds. . . .  

Found in Rutherglen and kindly donated by Sandra MacLeod John Dodds, Garngard brick works, Glasgow. . . . .

Found in Fife area – JC Garngad Brick Works, Glasgow possibly occupied by Dodds. . . . .    

Found banks of the Clyde, Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow. Garngard brick works, Glasgow possibly occupied by Dodds. . . . .