Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Paddy and Daisy MacDonald in the New Cumnock area. This example is not in my possession. Dated 74 for 1974 and 3 cored. Afton Brickworks, New Cumnock. . .

Found by Paddy and Daisy MacDonald in the New Cumnock area. This example is not in my possession. Dated 74 for 1974 and 3 cored. There may be a ‘9’ stamped to the right of the main stamp. Afton Brickworks, New Cumnock. . .

Found by Paddy and Daisy MacDonald in the New Cumnock area. This example is not in my possession. Dated 73 for 1973 and 3 cored. Afton Brickworks, New Cumnock. . .  

Found in the New Cumnock area. This is a bull-nosed example. Afton Brickworks, New Cumnock. . . . Below – A standard shaped brick with the same stamp. Found by Paddy and Daisy MacDonald in the New Cumnock area. This example is not in my possession.

Found at the Avonbridge Brickworks Avonbridge. Avonbridge Brickworks, Avonbridge, Falkirk Alternative names: Avon Brickworks Redford Fireclay Works Candiehead Brickworks . Below – An intact but worn example found by Andrew Wood near Blackgrange, Clackmannanshire.

Found by Tam Frew in the Muirkirk, East Ayrshire area. Afton Brickworks, New Cumnock or the Afton Brickworks, Avonbridge? . . . .

Found by Eddie McLean in the Ayrshire area. Afton Brickworks, New Cumnock, Ayrshire. . . . . Below  – Virtually the same stamp but not quite. The spacing of the letters is different. Found by Max Borland at Clydebank, Glasgow.

Many thanks to Dr Jimmy Begg for providing some of his research on the Bank Brickworks. Bank Brickworks, New Cumnock, East Ayrshire. 1890‘s – Probably when Bank Brickworks was built “for many years prior to 1926, brickmaking had been a subsidiary branch activity at Bank” (Carvel – History of the New Cumnock Coalfield). 1899 – The…

Canmore Lanemark Brickworks may have been built on the original Afton Brickworks but the 1857 map does not show any works there so it is possible the early Afton Works were situated elsewhere. The new Afton Brickworks were later built nearby just to the north of the Lanemark Works and over the railway. Below –…

Canmore 1927 – Afton brickworks were built. They were situated near the old Afton No 2 colliery belonging to the Lanemark Coal Company, which was absorbed by New Cumnock Collieries in 1909. Already making BANK bricks at Bank Pit since the late 1880-90s, they probably just used the Afton label, especially as William Hyslop was…