Blackfalls Brickworks, Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire

Blackfalls Brickworks, Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – Blackfalls could actually be Blackfaulds. Either way, I cannot find the works referred to on a map).

1595 – … On the South-Side, there were the Shawfield claypits which at one time belonged to Sheriff Allison. These with Polmadie claypits are of a very ancient origin. There is a record dated 1595 of a brickwork being worked at Blackfaulds which is adjacent to these clayfields …

1882 – Hugh McIntyre, Brick Maker, Blackfalls, Rutherglen. House, 139 Allison Street, Govanhill.

1884 – 1885 – Hugh McIntyre, brickmaker and builder, 47 Victoria Road; House, 166 Allison Street, Govanhill.

1886 – Hugh McIntyre, brickmaker, Blackfaulds, Rutherglen.

1887 – 1888 – Hugh McIntyre, brickmaker and builder, 47 Victoria Road; House, 166 Allison Street, Govanhill.

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