Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found Dalkieth and donated by Nick Basden. Winchburgh Brickworks, Winchburgh, West Lothian. Note the ‘G’ appears to be of a different font from the rest of the letters and the ‘N’ is reversed. . . .

Found at Bo’ness. Winchburgh Brickworks, Winchburgh, West Lothian. . . . .

Found at the site of the old Philpstoun Oil Works, West Lothian. Note the scalloped corners to the frog. Winchburgh Brickworks, Winchburgh, West Lothian. . .   .

Found on the site of an old shale oil works, Broxburn, West Lothian. Winchburgh Brickworks, Winchburgh, West Lothian. Note the ‘G’ and ‘L’ appear to be of a different font from the rest of the letters. . . .  

Found at the Winchburgh brick and tile works, Winchburgh. Winchburgh Brickworks, Winchburgh, West Lothian Note the missing H at the end of Winchburgh. The mark looks symmetrical as it is,  so it does not look like its missing in error! . . .  

Winchburgh Brickworks, Winchburgh, West Lothian Canmore 1869  -Alexander Dougal  & Son, brick & fire-clay goods merchants, 19 Port Hamilton & 100 Fountain bridge. 15/05/1875 – Alloa Advertiser – Deaths – At Winchburgh Brick Works on the 8th inst, Janet H Hunter, the beloved wife of Mr John Stein, in the 40th year of her age….

Rentonhall Tile Works, near Haddington, East Lothian. Alexander Dougal    1828 – 1899 – as a young man he was at Rentonhall Brickworks, Morham, East Lothian, ( learning the trade ? ) About 1859 he was at Forgandenny Brick & Tileworks as tenant. By 1869 he was back in Linlithgow, and Winchburgh Brick and Tile works had…

Canmore Early 1850’s –  Early in the ‘fifties (1850’s) the deaceased, James Dougal, joined with his brother, Mr John Dougal and others in a lease of Craigend Brickworks , south of Polmont Station, which J & J Dougall carried on successfully of 19 years. 1851 – Craigend Brickworks were erected possibly erected by James Dougal….

Forgandenny Brick and Tile Works, Glengonar, Perth, Fife. Alexander Dougal – 1828 – 1899  –   as a young man was at Rentonhall Brickworks, Morham, East Lothian, (learning the trade ? ) About 1859 he was at Forgandenny Brick & Tileworks as tenant. By 1869 he was back in Linlithgow, and Winchburgh Brick and Tile works…

Found Barrhead, Glasgow Winchburgh Brickworks, Winchburgh, West Lothian. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick with a thumbprint to top right.