Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Photographed by Ian Suddaby on the shore near East Wemyss, Fife. This was left in situ as it was cemented to a large block of bricks. Wemyss Brick Co. Various works in the Aberhill, Denbeath and Methil areas of Fife. . . .

Found by Ian Suddaby near Dalkeith. This example is not in my possession. Wemyss Brick Co. Various works in the Aberhill, Denbeath and Methil areas of Fife. WBC – Wemyss Brick Company – there is a suggestion from TM that the marks following the WBC represent the year and week no of that year, in…

Found by Ian Suddaby near Musselburgh. This example is not in my possession. Wemyss Brick Co. Various works in the Aberhill, Denbeath and Methil areas of Fife. WBC – Wemyss Brick Company – there is a suggestion from TM that the marks following the WBC represent the year and week no of that year, in…

Found by Ian Suddaby near Musselburgh. This example is not in my possession. Wemyss Brick Co. Various works in the Aberhill, Denbeath and Methil areas of Fife. WBC – Wemyss Brick Company – there is a suggestion from TM that the marks following the WBC represent the year and week no of that year, in…

(Note – SBH – I find the information on the brickworks at Aberhill, Denbeath, Methil and Wemyss very confusing with regards names and locations that seem to swap and move! If anyone can clarify the situation for me or point out information that is perhaps listed wrongly against a particular brickworks then please get in…

Found near Inverkeithing, Fifeshire by Ian Suddaby. Two Wemyss stamped bricks and made in Methil, Fifeshire between 1906 and 1981. These bricks have been painted white to one end. One has been stencilled in red with the no.’9′ and the other with ’23’. Another was found stencilled ’21’ These bricks ended up in a pit,…

Canmore 11/02/1875 – Dundee Courier – Brickmaking by machinery at Muiredge is very busy, throwing off 960 per hour and even at that rate they are not able to supply the demand. Below – 21/04/1875 – Dundee Courier – Strike – wage reduction threat. 15/06/1876 – Dundee Courier – The extensive brickwork at Muirdege is…

Found Seafield, Edinburgh. Wemyss Brick Co. Various works in the Aberhill, Denbeath and Methil areas of Fife. WBC – Wemyss Brick Company – there is a suggestion from Tam Moffet that the marks following the WBC represent the year and week no of that year, in which the brick was manufactured. The company would work…

Linoleum Works, Well Brae, Falkland AKA St Johns Works. Canmore – St Johns Linoleum Works, Falkland.  The older part was built in brick between 1892 and 1912: a range of buildings with a serrated row of roofs over arched windows at each drying chamber, the whole fringed by balconies for access. At first, making floorcloth, it…

The following transcript is from an oral interview taken by Margaret Bennett from Gary Nurse who used to work at the Wemyss Brick Company. This was taken as part of the Grace Notes Scotland project. Grace Notes Scotland is dedicated to identifying and handing on traditions to new generations. All of our projects document (whether in…