Found in fly-tipping at Newmains, Morningside, North Lanarkshire
Jenny Lind Composition Brickworks, Carfin, Lanarkshire.
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Canmore (These work may have been connected in business with the Jenny Lind Composition Brickworks – Source – Survey of Scottish Brickmarks) 21/05/1881 – Lanarkshire Upper Ward Examiner – Messrs Dixon Ltd. Manufacture bricks at their Carfin Colliery, near Motherwell. For prices, &c, apply there or at Calder Ironworks, Coatbridge. 18/10/1884 – Wishaw Press –…
Found at the site of the Calder Ironworks, Coatbridge. Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Govan Brickworks, Glasgow. Below – Note the frog shape with the ‘eyelid’ to the front. The rear is ‘normal’ in appearance. Below – This same stamp was found at the same location along with…
Found at the old Coltness Ironworks site at Coatbridge. Unknown manufacturer. Find location would suggest Scottish origins …No non Scottish bricks were found on site so I believe these bricks will be manufactured in Scotland and most likely at the Jenny Lind Composition Brickworks for reasons below. These were found among building demolition and in…
So far only 2 different letters have been found associated with the Dixon stamp. ‘G’ and ‘A’. It is suspected that the ‘G’ stands for the Garturk Brickworks and ‘A’ for the Auchlochan Brickworks, both of which were at one point owned by Dixon. Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire Owned by the Carnbroe Ironworks. Working…
Canmore Source 1981 – Jenny Lind Brickworks, also known as Carfin Colliery Brickworks, A Jeffrey and Co. Ltd. (Note – SBH – I am not sure if this is true as both Jenny Lind and Carfin Colliery Brickworks may be marked separately on a 1910 map. Requires clarification). This works made common bricks which were…
Found by Ian Suddaby at Fauldhouse Colliery, Benthead Mine No. 1., West Lothian Longanlea Brickworks, Carfin. . . . .
Canmore – Carfin Tileworks – 1859 – Depicted and named ‘Clay Pit’, unnamed clay pit and ‘Kiln’ and four roofed buildings, three of which are on the site of the later Carfin Brickworks. By 1897, the tileworks clay pit had been abandoned and the kiln and L-shaped building demolished, as have the other three roofed…
Found Carluke. Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Found in Rutherglen and kindly donated by Sandra MacLeod. This example has a narrower and deeper frog than my other Dixon G. (Could be Dixon C). Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Govan Brickworks, Glasgow. 1 Dixon Street, Glasgow So far only 2 different letters have been found associated…
Found in Fife area – JC. Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. . . . .
