Bryceland Brickfield, Gorbals, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – I cannot see Bryceland Brickfield on a map. I may already have recorded it under another name. For clarification).
17/11/1845 – Glasgow Herald – Brickfield to be let. There will be let by public roup within the Burgh Court Hall, City Buildings, Wilson Street upon Wednesday 10th day of December next at one o’clock. The clay in a portion of the lands of Brycefield belonging to the Corporation of the City of Glasgow, for the purposes of a brickfield. The portion of the Lands to be let contains 7 acres and 17 polls imperial measure or thereby, and is bounded by the Turnpike Road from Glasgow to Pollocksbaws on the West, the Parish Road from Glasgow to Langside on the North and East, and the Street bounding the Feu of Mr Wm Dixon on the South. The articles of roup will be seen in the hands of the Town Clerks and for further particulars, an application may be made to the City Chamberlain. City Chambers, Glasgow. 15/11/1845.
Below – 20/09/1847 – Glasgow Herald – Patent brick moulding machine, clay waggons, spring barrows, planks, iron rails &c by auction. There will be sold by public roup at Messrs Allan & Mann’s Brickfield, Bryceland on the road leading to Pollockshaws and a short distance from the south end of Main Street, Gorbals on Wednesday 22nd September at two o’clock. One of Cooks patent brick moulding machines also 5 iron, wet clay waggons, 10 spring barrows and a quantity of planks and about 1000 years, rails with chairs and sleepers suitable for miners, quarries and others. The machine is in excellent order and the whole are to be disposed of in consequence of the operations of a railway company. May be viewed at anytime prior to sale. Jas. Hamilton, auctioneer, Glasgow. 16/09/1847.
Found by Pam Bond on a beach near Santa Cruz, California, USA. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow .
Found by Sarah Stretton in Poland, Maine, USA. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow. Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow. Below – Allan & Mann, Govan Patent, Glasgow –
The following partial Scottish bricks were found by Caroline Small on the shores at the Port of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. . . . . Below – ‘Gartverie or Gartverrie’ – Gartverrie Fireclay Works, Glenboig. Below – Allan and Mann, Govan Patent, Glasgow’ – Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow….
Terrence Honore of the Palmiste Historical Society states – It was found at the former Palmiste sugarcane estate at Palmiste San Fernando Trinidad. Site of an old brick bridge for use by trains transporting sugarcane circa the 1800s. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill,…
Professor Don Nerbas states – This Allan & Mann brick was discovered on Cape Breton Island by Amanda McNeil. It was found at the end of a sandbar (Dominion Beach) across from Lingan. The London-based General Mining Association operated a coal mine at Lingan from 1854 to the 1880s and shipped coal from Lingan Harbour…
Found by Michael Fallone in Glasgow. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow. Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow. . Below – I believe this says 4’6 as opposed to 4 6 Below – Note the groove crossing the width of the brick.
This brick is in the possession of Jimmy Dobson in the USA. It was found in a river in New Hampshire, USA. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow. Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow.
Photographed by Hamish Fenton. The brick was located inside the small back window of the Oil Store at Port Stoth, Isle of Lewis. This example is not in my possession. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow. Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow.
Brick Works, Waternish, Bay, Isle of Skye Please see this page on my website which relates to Allan and Mann Glasgow bricks being used to construct a lodge at Waternish – click me. A local at Waternish has suggested that the bricks found at the lodge came from a brickworks in ‘Bay’ – Waternish is…
Many thanks to Sandy Sutherland for making me aware of this as it greatly assists dating such brickmarks. The gatehouse was built in c.1864 and the bricks shown are original to the build. Red brick stamped – Allan & Mann Patent Glasgow. Buff brick stamped – Allan & Mann Govan Patent Glasgow. Below – The…
