Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Eddie McLean in the Renfrewshire area. Darnley Fireclay Works, Nitshill, Glasgow (Allan Kirkwood). . . . .

These bricks were found by Denis Foulem along the Bathurst harbour seashore, located in the province of New Brunswick in Canada. Denis states:- The bricks were used to build a large, three-story building on Main Street in Bathurst way back in 1901, which was the W.J. Kent Company Ltd general store and headquarters. The business…

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Nitshill area of Glasgow. This example is not in my possession. This example is salt-glazed to one stretcher. Darnley Fireclay Works, Nitshill, Glasgow (Allan Kirkwood). . .

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Nitshill area of Glasgow. This example is not in my possession. This example is salt-glazed to one stretcher. Darnley Fireclay Works, Nitshill, Glasgow (Allan Kirkwood). . .

Found at Oakvale, Livingston. Darnley Fireclay Works, Nitshill, Glasgow (Allan Kirkwood). This brick does not appear to have been manufactured from fireclay. It is entirely possible that the Darnley Fireclay Works were also manufacturing composite bricks from local shale or blaise waste. The following photographs attempt to show the composition of these bricks which show shale…

The following Scottish bricks were found by Denis O’Keefe on the south-west coast of Victoria, Australia. The Cumbernauld and Cardowan Patent were both found in the same pile of bricks on the shore. The pile is thought to be discarded ships ballast. . Below – Cardowan Patent – Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. Cumbernauld…

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Nitshill area of Glasgow. This example is not in my possession. Darnley Fireclay Works, Nitshill, Glasgow (Allan Kirkwood). . . . Below – The same stamp on a chimney found by Ian Suddaby in Greengairs, North Lanarkshire. Not the 2 holes drilled in the base which was presumably to…

Found by Eddie McLean in the Renfrewshire area. Darnley Fireclay Works, Nitshill, Glasgow (Allan Kirkwood). . . . . Below – The same stamp on a similar curved brick with a chamfered edge to the inner curve.  

These bricks were found by Guillaume Girard on the banks of the Ottawa River near to Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada. Other brickmarks found nearby were “T Carr” from the NE of England and a brick stamped “National” which may well have Canadian or American origins. Around the 1900s this area was heavily used in the…

The mine was owned by Alan Kirkwood Limited. 1896 – Upper Darnley Fireclay Mine had 5 workers underground and 1 above. 1903 – James Wilson, (35), Drawer, died at the Upper Darnley Fireclay Mine owned by Allan Kirkwood, as a result of a ” fall of roof on road”. 1918 – Upper Darnley Fireclay Mine…