Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found by Eddie McLean in Glasgow. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . .

(Note – SBH – Are Bargeddie Brickworks and Drumpark Brickworks one of the same?) 13/01/1951 – Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser – Fatal accident at brickworks – Peter McFaulds, aged 35, 38 C Coats Street, Coatbridge was instantly killed on Friday of last week when a flywheel of an engine in Bargeddie Brickworks broke. As a…

Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Canmore British Brick Society Information Sheet No 31 (Nov 83) Dewar and Findlay Ltd, Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow. (NR 705641). Operated from 1895 to 1977, producing high quality pressed red facings, either red or blue. Below – 14/07/1919 – The Scotsman – Dewar and Finlay dispose of Drumpark Brickworks and…

Found near Airdrie Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . .

Found in Paisley Another variation in frog – almost a double frog. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow. . . .  

Found in Paisley. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . .  

Found in Paisley by RB* Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire Note the brick has been stamped Dewar in doth directions. Note the slighty larger gap after the ‘D’ and before the ‘R’ to accommodate the screws holding the stamp. . . Below – A similar stamp found by Gordon Wyle at the Stein Castlecary Works….

This example is in the possession of  CulturalNL Museums & Heritage. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . .  

Found by TM in Fife Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . .  

Found by TM In Fife Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. There appears to be no frog as such. The round ended mark is likely just to be the mark left by the stamp plate. . . . Below – same stamp on a double bullnose. Below – The same stamp on a bullnose example. Found…