Cardross Brickworks and Quarry, Uphall, West Lothian. Can anyone pinpoint these on a map?
01/07/1890 – The Scotsman – Joint-stock companies in Scotland – John McKnight & Co, Binny Quarry, Uphall, Linlithgowshire to acquire the business of McKnight and Marshall, Cardross Brickworks and Binny Brickworks and Quarry. Capital £12,000 in 12,000 shares of £1.
22/12/1891 – Glasgow Herald – Montgomerie v John McKnight and Co Limited – Daniel Montgomerie, 16 Stankard’s Row, Uphall sued John McKnight & Co., Limited, Binny Quarry, Uphall. Pursuer sued for £560, or £78 under the Employers Liability Act, for the death of his daughter Mary Jane, who entered the defender’s employment in Cardross Brick Works, near Uphall, On 25th May last, and was accidentally killed on 2nd June. He stated that after a few days his daughter was put to work at a moulding machine her duty being to clear away the clay droppings as they fell; that her head was caught by a revolving wheel and crushed against a fixed iron shaft or beam; and that she sustained injuries of which she died a few minutes afterwards. It was averred that the machine was defective, and the mode of working it unnecessarily and unreasonably dangerous. Defenders stated that the girl, unknown to them and Contrary to the terms of her engagement, exchanged places with another girl. She had no business to be there, her proper place being at the railway siding packing bricks. The wheel mentioned by the pursuer revolved very slowly, about one revolution a minute and, without great carelessness, it was impossible that anyone could have been injured by it. Without admitting liability, they tendered £50, with expenses. The evidence had not concluded when the Court rose for the day.
17/06/1892 – Glasgow Herald – Binny Quarry and Brickworks – For sale by public roup unless previously disposed of by private bargain, within Dowalss Rooms, 18 George Street, Edinburgh on 21/06/1892 at 2 o’clock. The Quarry and Brickworks of Binny and Cardross carried on by John McKnight & Company Limited now in liquidation, as follows:-
The brick-making material is of excellent quality and Binny stone has long held the first place for monumental and other purposes. The purchaser will be subject to the approval of the landlords …
Below – 1895 – Binny Brickworks – there is also reference to an ‘old brickworks’ at Carledubs just south of Ecclesmachan and north of Uphall. These may have been the Cardross Brickworks. The works are not referenced on the 1854 or 1913 OS Maps.
Seen on a wall in Prestwick, Ayrshire. Photographed by Stevie Zerachy. This is a section of salt-glazed wall coping. John McKnight & Son, Crosshouse, Plann, Kilmarnock. . . . Below – A similar stamp on wall coping as photographed by Martin Sneddon in the Irvine area. Note the ‘Tattie waffle” design in the centre.
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. John McKnight & Son, Crosshouse, Plann, Kilmarnock. (Note – SBH – I am quite certain this brick would have read John McKnight & Son prior to sustaining damage) . . .
Photographed by Tam Nugent. The salt glazed coping formed the top of a garden wall in Ayr. These examples are not in my possession. John McKnight & Son, Crosshouse, Plann, Kilmarnock. . . . .
Binny Brickworks, Ecclesmachan, West Lothian. 1844 – West Lothian Courier dated 03/09/1898) – An article about Broxburn Public School with reference as follows:-“He had been in conversation lately with Mr Thomas Hislop, who told him that when he came here in 1844 and was then appointed parochial or parish schoolmaster, the average attendance at the…
Plann Colliery and Fire Clay Works aka Plan. Canmore Info – The 1860, 1898 – 1904 and, 1923 and 1912 OS maps all show that the extent to which Knockentiber was surrounded by collieries, coal pits and freight-only railway or ‘tram’ lines. Collieries were located near Busbie farm and Plann. These were served by standard…
Found Ecclesmachan, West Lothian Cardross Brickworks and Quarry, Uphall, West Lothian. . . . .
Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, later known as Southhook Potteries Ltd. See also Bonnyton Fire Clay Works, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. See also Shawsrigg Fireclay and Enamelling Company, Larkhall, North Lanarkshire Canmore Canmore Canmore Southhook Fireclay Works – Dreghorn – The works was on the site of Southhook Colliery No. 1 Pit, which provided…
Found by Chris Graham on the Solway Firth. John McKnight & Son, Crosshouse, Plann, Kilmarnock. (Note the spelling of PLAN and PLANN) . . . Below – A much clearer stamp. I am not aware of where this was found or who is in possession of it.
Found in Fife by Tom Slaven Cardross Brickworks and Quarry, Uphall, West Lothian. . . . .
Found in Ecclesmachan. Binny Brickworks, Ecclesmachan, West Lothian. . . . .
