Fulwood Bridge Tilework, Houston, Paisley.
26/01/1849 – Glasgow Herald – Tile Work to be let – The Tilework at Fulwood Bridge, in the Parish of Houston about 4 miles west of Paisley is to be let for such a number of years as may be agreed upon. Apply to Archibald Sinclair, Factor, Deanside near Renfrew. January 1849.
1856 – 1857 – ScotlandsPlaces – A shack, with two kilns, and a portion of waste ground attached. The tiles made are chiefly used for drainage purposes.
Below – 1857 – Fulwood Tileworks, Houston, Paisley.
1881 – 1885 – Invoices – Archd C Brown – Brick and Tile Works at Cleughearn, Chapelton, Hamilton; Corsehill by Kilmarnock and Fulwood, Houston.
1890 – 1891 – A letterhead for Peter Brown implies that at this time he owned or operated the following drain pipe and tile works:-
Corsehill by Kilmarnock.
Fulwood by Paisley
Blackwood by Lesmahagow
Williamwood by Busby
Telegraphic address – Gledstane Paisley.
Below – 20/02/1875 – The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald – William Henderson & Co, Chemical manufacturers, Irvine V Archibald C. Brown, Cleughearn Brick and Tile Works, Hamilton for damages for failure to fulfil an alleged contract to supply brick from Corsehill Tileworks, Dreghorn for the pursuers works at Irvine. . . . Below – 25/06/1875…
Canmore Below – 1858 – Possible site of the Blackwood Tileworks. 1865 – John and James Baird, Tileworks in the Parish of Lesmahagow. Rateable value £100. 1866 – John and James Baird, Brickworks in the Parish of Lesmahagow. Rateable value £100. 1867 – Brick and Tile Works not working. 1870 – John and James Baird…
Found by Eddie McLean in Ayrshire. Peter Brown, Brick and Tile manufacturer, Gladstone and Fullwood Brickworks, Bishopton, Paisley. . . . .
Auchenheath Tile and Brickworks, Auchenheath, South Lanarkshire aka Auchinheath. Canmore Below – 1858 – Auchenheath Tileworks. 21/09/1870 – Glasgow Herald – Brick and tile work to let on the Hamilton Estates. To let, Auchenheath brick and tile works in the parish of Lesmahagow for such a number of years as may be agreed upon. The…
Williamwood Brick and Tile Works, Clarkston, Busby, Glasgow. Canmore Mr and Mrs Yuille owned the Brick and Tile Works in Clarkston in the 19th century, a small, local industry in a largely industrial area, now the site of Williamwood High School. Redhurst House was built in 1895 of local Giffnock brick by Mr & Mrs…
Found Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Peter Brown, Brick and Tile Maker, Corsehill, Dreghorn, RSO Ayrshire . . . .
Found by Tucker Kennedy at Dipple, Ayrshire. Peter Brown, Brick and Tile Maker, Corsehill, Dreghorn, RSO Ayrshire . . . .
1855 – 1857 – ScotlandPlaces – Corsehill Tileworks. Robert Gairdner, factor. Below – 1856 – Corsehill Tileworks. Below – 11/04/1866 – Glasgow Herald – Corsehill Tilework for let as possessed by Mr Alexander Douglas. 1867 – Alexander Douglas, Corsehill Tileworks, Kilmarnock. 1872 – Peter Brown, tile manufacturer, Corsehill. Below – 20/02/1875 – The Ardrossan and Saltcoats…
Gladston, Glastone, Gledstane. See Alexander Whitelaw Canmore and Canmore 1839 – Gladston Brickworks established? (See entry dated 17/02/1869 below). 1847 – Peter Brown started operating on the site? (See entry dated 14/01/1867 below). 1851 – 1852 – Peter Brown – Brick and Tile manufacturer, Gladston, Paisley. 24/07/1855 – Greenock Advertiser – … Leaving Bishopton we take…
Walkinshaw Brickworks, Renfrew, Renfrewshire Available evidence indicates that Merry & Cunninghame (coal and iron masters with extensive mineral interests in the west of Scotland), began working ironstone at Walkinshaw (No.1) pit during the mid-1850s. The first edition OS map (surveyed c.1857) shows the engine house buildings of the pit, but no rail link. An 1862…
