Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Bell, Hornsby & Co, 197 Pollokshaws Rd; Brickfields, Polmadie, Glasgow, Langlands, Govan, Blairdardie, Duntocher.

Found Note the 2 x reversed ‘N’s. Robert and William Horn, Garscadden and  Yoker Brick Works, Glasgow. . . .  

Canmore AKA – Coplawhil or Coplawhill Brickworks. Bell, Hornsby & Co. were a building and contracting firm, and one of many brick manufacturers in the Glasgow area. From the 1860s to the 1890s, local brick was widely used for factories, and for the internal and rear walls of stone-faced commercial and domestic buildings). Of the…

1863 – Bell and Hornsby letterheads of 1893 state that Bell, Hornsby & Co were established in 1863 and reference the Polmadie Brickworks, Glasgow and the Langlands Brickworks, Govan on the same letterheads. The brickworks may not have been established at the same time as the Company. 1873 – 1874 – The Langlands Brick Co,…

1863 – Bell and Hornsby letterheads of 1893 state that Bell, Hornsby & Co were established in 1863 and reference the Polmadie Brickworks, Glasgow and the Langlands Brickworks, Govan on the same letterheads. The brickworks may not have been established at the same time as the Company. 07/10/1879 – Glasgow Herald – Theft of oats…

John McIntyre, brick and tile maker, Lilybank Road, Glasgow. Bell, Hornsbybay & Co. were a building and contracting firm, and one of many brick manufacturers in the Glasgow area. From the 1860s to the 1890s, local brick was widely used for factories, and for the internal and rear walls of stone-faced commercial and domestic buildings)….

Found by Andrew Gemmell in the Milngavie, Glasgow area. Robert and William Horn, Garscadden and  Yoker Brick Works,  Glasgow . . . . The lettering is slightly ‘thicker’ than this other version I have.  

Garscadden Brick and Tile Works aka Blairdardie Brick and Tile Works, Yoker, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – were these works also known as the Duntocher Works?). Garscadden Brick and Tile Works, Canal Bank, Bowling, Glasgow. See also the Cowdenhill Brickworks which may be the same works. Written by Eric Flack and reproduced by kind permission….

Dargavel or Dargarvel. See Alexander Whitelaw. 1869 – 1870 – Alexander Whitelaw & Co., brickmakers. builders, and contractors, 8 Lyle street. Works, Dargavel Brickworks, Bishopton Whitelaw Alexander (of Alexander Whitelaw & Co.), 23 Lynedoch street (page 185). 30/03/1872 – Glasgow Herald – Erection of large sugar stores, situated at the corner of West Shaw Street…

Chapter Five  – Brick and Field drain Works – Written by Eric Flack and reproduced by kind permission.  It is a fascinating read. Another local industry was the manufacture of bricks. Three of the local brickwork’s produced terracotta type bricks and field tiles or drains in updraught kilns from locally dug red clay. These were…