Robert Boyle of the Drongan Pottery operated a Tilework producing drain tiles at Fort Street in Ayr, he is also listed as a manufacturer of pottery and bricks. The works were located near the harbour. Source Matthew Yuill. (Note – SBH – I can see Fort Street is indeed situated next to the harbour. I suspect that Boyles premises here may well be a storage or shipping depot rather than a tile manufactory or the manufactory was disused by the 1857 OS map.)
1837 – Robert Boyle, Draining tile and brick maker, Fort Street, Ayr. (Page 244).
Below – 27/03/1841 – The Scotsman (Original article was in the Ayr Observer. Mr Boyle exporting drainage tiles from his tileworks (unnamed) onboard the ‘Anne’ of Larne. They were destined for Mr Agnew near Larne. (Note – SBH – The tileworks are not referred to by name but it is likely to be one of Mr Robert Boyles tileworks in Ayr.)
Below – 1857 – Fort Street, Ayr.
(Note – SBH – Some of the sentence construction and grammar makes reading the following a little difficult at times but hopefully, it is understandable). 02/05/1849 – North British Agriculturist – Improvements suggested in brick making. (Mr Thomas Dean writes). You will oblige me by inserting in your valuable journal the following few remarks on…
1845 – John Young from Newton on Ayr, in collaboration with Robert Boyle produced a machine called the ‘Ayrshire Double Acting Patent Tile Machine’. This was adapted from an earlier machine patented by the Marquis of Tweeddale. The device was capable of producing 20,000 drain tiles per day. – Unknown source. 08/10/1845 – Dumfries and Galloway Standard…
Found in East Ayrshire. By the placement of the surname in the frog, it appears there is probably an initial missing. This is likely to be ‘R’ for Robert. Robert Boyle had brick and tile works at Drongan Pottery, Fort Street Tileworks, Bank Tileworks and Hole Tileworks which were all situated in Ayrshire. . ….
1778 – Mungo Smith was producing bricks at Drongan Pottery which was situated at Coalhall. The bricks to build cottages on the Dumfries House Estate, called Brick Houses were sourced from the pottery. Source – Matthew Yuill. 1790 – Drongan Pottery was set up and set directly on an excellent clay bed. This clay was…
Canmore Below – 21/09/1846 – Glasgow Herald – The materials of the Bank Tilework on the Estate of Castlehill near Ayr containing about 250 feet of drying sheds, the shelves all done up with foreign wood, an excellent steam engine of 6 horsepower, bruising rollers, pugmill, two of the celebrated Tweedale tile moulding machines with…
1855 – 1857 – ScotlandsPlaces – Broomberry Tileworks. Tileworks, worked by steam, having an Engine of eight horsepower. The property of Lady Jane Hamilton, Rozelle. Below – 1856 – Broomberry Tileworks, Nr Doonholm, Ayrshire. Below – 14/01/1857 – North British Agriculturist – Broomberry Tileworks and Drongan Pottery near Ayr – Robert Boyle, Fullarton Street, Ayr.
1837 – Robert Boyle of the Drongan Pottery also established a brickwork at Joppa sometime about 1837 – Source Matthew Yuill. 1837 – Robert Boyle, Brickmaker, Joppa, Ayrshire (Page 281). 1852 – Robert Boyd, tile and brick manufacturer, Joppa, Tarbolton. (Note – SBH – Should this be Robert Boyle?). Below – 1857 – Hole Tileworks,…
