Found by Gordon Wyle in Clackmannan.
David Gillespie, Brick, Tile and Fire Clay Works, Clackmannan.
1861 – Gillespie David, fire brick maker and Sharp John, foreman of the Clackmannan brick works.
1867 – Clackmannan brick and tile works – David Gillespie Owner, Fire brick manufacturer, and sanitary drain pipes, chimney cans, common bricks, and drain tiles etc.
John Sharp Foreman of Clackmannan Brick Works.
Found by Ian Suddaby in the River Tay, Perth. This example is not in my possession. Probably a product of David Gillespie, Brick, Tile and Fire Clay Works, Clackmannan. It is likely a year date should also be stamped on this brick but there is no evidence to see of this. . . Below –…
Found in the Alloa area by Alan Robertson and Nikki Seats. Clackmannan Brick And Tile Works, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire. . . . . Below – A similar stamp on a much ‘redder’ brick. The colour variation may be down to clay composition variations, firing techniques including temperature or the effects of time and weather while lying…
Found by Alan Robertson and Nikki Seats in the Alloa area. Clackmannan Brick And Tile Works, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire. . . . .
Found at Cottown, near Perth, Fife and kindly donated by Nick Basden. Probably a product of David Gillespie, Brick, Tile and Fire Clay Works, Clackmannan. . . . .
Found in the Alva area. Clackmannan Brick And Tile Works, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire. . . . .
Found by Michael Fallone in Maryhill Road, Glasgow during demolition. Michael states – I found the same Clack 1872 bricks in the rubble of several tenements in the Maryhill Rd Glasgow area, the bricks formed a cornice just below the gutters. The bricks were laid alternately, one moulded, one normal. The moulded ones protruded from…
Found by Michael Fallone in Maryhill Road, Glasgow during demolition. Note the misspelling of Clackmannan – Clackmanan. Clackmannan Brick And Tile Works, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire. . . .
Found by Bob Banks in the Alloa area. Clackmannan Brick And Tile Works, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire. . . . .
Fordel or Fordell Brick and Tile Works, St Davids Harbour, Fife. Canmore Many thanks to George Liddle who send me the following extract from Early Railways of West Fife by a W Brotchie …”In 1853 the laird required that the name be inscribed as Fordell on Ordnance Survey plans, an ‘Anglicisation’ he was keen to…
Found in Alva by Gordon Wyle. This is a large floor tile and very similar to the Alloa floor tiles – click me. Note the last ‘T’ is different to the rest of the letters in that it has serifs and the others do not. I do not believe Clayton & Cos is the tile…
