Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Ian Suddaby in Winchburgh. This example is not in my possession. Winchburgh Brickworks, Winchburgh, West Lothian. . . .

The following information and photographs have been supplied by Jack Whittles and Christa Stone from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Jack states “Recently I have been collecting many bricks from a colliery site on Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada.  The Colliery was for the Cumberland Coal Mines that were in operation from about 1888 to 1961….

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. . . . . Below – A similar stamp on a slightly different shaped frog. Note the reversed ‘D’. Found by Ian Suddaby in the Water of Leith, Edinburgh (Slateford to Stenhouse). This example is not in my possession.

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. . . . Below – The same stamp on a buff or cream coloured example. Found in Avonbridge.

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. Below – 20/04/1872 – Falkirk Herald – Sheriff Court Linlithgow. Important decision – McAlley v Dougal. 22/02/1873 – Falkirk Herald – Brickmaker wanted, a good slab moulder, 1s per 1000. Apply…

Rentonhall Tileworks, 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 a tenant. By 1869 he was back in Linlithgow, and Winchburgh Brick and Tile works…

Canmore Early 1850’s –  Early in the ‘fifties (1850’s) the deceased, 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. 11/12/1851…