Found by Tucker Kennedy at Ardeer.
Ardeer Brick Works, Ardeer, Stevenston, Ayr.
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17/08/1894 – Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald – Bernard Reilly, tramp labourer was fined 5s or 3 days imprisonment for sleeping at the Auchenharvie Brickwork. Below – 1895 – Auchenharvie Brickworks, Stevenston. Below – 1909 – Auchenharvie Brickworks, Stevenston. The brickworks are not marked on the 1938 OS Map. 21/08/1908 – The Iron and Coal Trades…
18/02/1826 – Patrick Warner of Ardeer Estate was responsible for exporting tiles and sole plates and importing Welsh slate. Unknown source and no confirmation it relates to the Ardeer brickworks directly. 05/03/1855 – Glasgow Herald – Ardeer Brickwork will also be let for such a number of years as may be agreed upon, from and…
Canmore Douglas Firebrick Company Limited, Dalry – Source Kenneth W Sanderson. William Douglas, a master blacksmith, and his wife Janet had a son, John, born at Moorhouses, Stevenson, in 1822. John grew up in the clay industry and became the manager of the Corse-hill Tile Works, Dreghorn, where on 4th May 1855, his eldest child…
