Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found in Alloa. Note the thumprint below the stamp. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . .

I have added this newspaper article for interests sake. William Brown, Broomielaw, Glasgow is advertising ‘draining slates’ for sale. These slates  would be used instead of clay sole plates under the join of two drainage tiles. Below – 17/11/1845 – Glasgow Herald –  

Found by Jackie Thompson in the Polton, Mid-Lothian area. Newbattle Brickworks, Newtongrange, Midlothian. . . . . .

Below – 25/11/1841 – Fife Herald – Article on tile draining in Ayrshire. Old drainage ‘tubes’ were manufactured at the Drongan Pottery. From an article entitled ” Statistics of Tile Draining,” published in the Ayr Observer, we select the following facts ami inferences, which, for brevity’s sake, are thrown into our own language. So far…

Found by Tucker Kennedy in Ayrshire. Loudon & Russell Allanton brick tile and fireclay works, Newmains 1964 – Hepworth Iron Company ( HIC ) – A subsidiary company – The Lochside Coal and Fireclay Company Ltd. -has acquired the whole of the issued shared capital of Loudon and Russell Ltd. of Newmains, Wishaw, Lanarkshire and also the fixed assets of the…

Found by Andrew Gemmell in the Cadder area of Glasgow. Errol Brick and Tile Works, Inchcoonans, Dundee 16/03/2015 – Graham Douglas, co author of Survey of Scottish brickmarks 1985 relates the following: –  When carrying out a visit to the Inchcoonan / Errol works in c.1985 I was told an anecdote regarding Inchcoonan drainage tiles….

Found on the site of an old shale oil works, Broxburn, West Lothian. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . . .

Below  – 30/10/1841 – Carlisle Journal – Article on land draining in Ayrshire. Early drain ‘tubes’ were made at Drongan Pottery. The article describes various methods for creating a drain and states that in 1841, Ayrshire could boast 54 Tileworks. . .

Below – January 1842 – Farmers Magazine – Lord James Hay visits Baldovan House, Dundee explains the process for making his concrete land tiles. Lord Hay appears to have resided at Seaton House, Aberdeen. . . . 1843 – Dublin Review – The paper reproduces the 1842 Farmers Magazine article and goes on to explain…

Photograph depicted in a book entitled “And so we graft from six to six” by Warwick Gemmell. This brick was found in New South Wales, Australia. I am not in possession of this brick. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. I am uncertain as to what the GEC & S refers to. Also found in…