Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found at the Craigrigg Brickworks. Craigrigg Works, Westfield, West Lothian. . . . .

I have added this page to my website for interests sake due to its nearness to English and Scottish Tile Works and the stamped bricks seen on site. Nottylees Lime Kiln is situated near Nottylees Farm and right on the edge of the old Berwick to Kelso Railway about 1/4 of a mile  West of…

Found on the shore at Alloa. Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Craigrigg Works, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Darngavil Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. . . .

Found in the Glasgow area. Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Craigrigg Works, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Darngavil Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. . .

Broomhouse Brickworks, Broomhouse, North Lanarkshire. (Are Broomhouse Brickworks and Broomhouse Brick Co Limited 2 different companies who at one time operated the same site?) Canmore Info –  Opened 1883, closed 1 January 1917, re-opened 2 June 1919, closed 24 September 1927. The station here closed in 1927 but the signal box remained open. The signal box…

(Note – SBH – Please read this in conjunction with the Bridgehouse Brick and Tile Works, Torphicen as they may well all have been situated on the same site and known by the various names) Craigrigg Brickworks aka Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Craigrigg Works, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Darngavil Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire….

Barrachnie Colliery and Brickworks, Baillieston, Glasgow aka Garrowhill Brickworks. Gartocher Coal and Brick Company, Barrachnie brick manufacturers, Garrowhill, Glasgow. Canmore  Below – 1910 – This map was published in 1947 but the details at the bottom seem to indicate it was surveyed in 1910. 1928 – 1939 – The 1985 publication ‘A survey of Scottish…

(Note – SBH – Please read this in conjunction with the Darngavil Brickworks, Torphicen as they may well all have been situated on the same site and known by the various names) 09/04/1861 – Dunfermline Press – Scotch bankrupts – William Arthur, brickmaker at Bridgehouse Brickwork and residing at Bridgehouse Cottages in the Parish of Torphichen…

Found at the Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Note the  round ended from within the outer square ended frog. Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Craigrigg Works, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Darngavil Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. .  

Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. Alexander Whitelaw & Co, Dargavel brick works, Bishopton. . . . .