Below – 1859 – Bog Colliery and nearby clay pit.
1886 – Hamilton McCulloch & Co, coal masters and fire clay goods manufacturers, Home Farm and Bog Collieries & Works (On the estates of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton), near Hamilton. Head Office 88 Great Clyde Street. Branches 111 West Nile Street, Glasgow, 34 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh and 3 Chapel Street, Greenock.
James Hamilton, coal master (Hamilton McCulloch and Co), Derwent Villa, Crosshill.
Hamilton McCulloch is also listed under the heading ‘Enamelled brick manufacturers’. (Page 238) and ‘Fire brick makers and manufacturers of fire clay goods’ (Page 241).
Canmore 27/07/1849 – Glasgow Herald – Farm to let – Darngaber containing about 73 acres or thereby is four miles from Hamilton, to which there is an excellent road and a ready market for all description of farm produce. There is a going tilework on the farm and coal and lime close by. 1851 – Glasgow…
Dalserf Coke, Coal and Brickworks, Swinehill, South Lanarkshire aka Swinhill. (SBH – Note – I am uncertain where exactly the brickworks with regards Dalserf Coke, Coal and Brickworks were located. Can anyone clarify this please?) 1858 – Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 1858 Dalserf, clay of coal measures….
21/05/1870 – Hamilton Advertiser – Shotts. Medical. The workmen connected with Cityside Colliery and Oil Work, belonging to Messrs Hamilton. M’Culloch & Co., have elected Dr Jones, Newarthill, to their medical attendant. (Note – SBH – This entry appears to be dated prior to the company manufacturing bricks but I have added it as it…
(Note – SBH – The references below indicate the continued occupation of the Hamiltonhill Brickworks by the Allan family for some considerable time. There are a couple of grey areas with regards to the 2 newspaper articles dated 1873 and 1891 in that they are for the sale of Hamiltonhill Brickworks. I am assuming these…
There is little doubt that James Young made bricks to construct his employee’s houses etc and also exploited the fireclay seams to make refractory bricks for his numerous enterprises – but did he mark them. See Young’s and Young which appears to be a different Company. (Note – SBH – Young and Young’s have both been found on-site…
