Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Photographed by Martin Sneddon in the Ayrshire area. I am not in possession of this example. There may also be another word stamped above Warrix but it is unclear. Warrix Fire Clay Works, Irvine, North Ayrshire. . . .

Found by Tucker Kennedy in the Ayrshire. This is a paver or byre block and it is salt glazed. Bourtreehill Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . . . .

Found by Ian Suddaby in Banff. Lochhead Fireclay Works, Dunfermline, Fife. . . . .  

The Warrix Fireclay Works were erected about 1896 and utilised the fireclay extracted from the Warrix Coalpit whichwas situated nearby.   These works closed c. 1938. 1896 – Bourtreehill Coal Company  – sewerage pipes, chimney cans, fire bricks, gas retorts, flooring tiles, flower vases and other clay goods. Specialties – white and yellow enamelled kitchen and…

Found Glasgow. Bourtreehill Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire . . . .

Found at Auchenmade, Ayrshire and kindly donated by Jim Archibald. Bourtreehill Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire . . . .

Found by Urban Östlund who states ” the brick was found in  a storehouse for paper or pulp which was destroyed in a fire on the 4th of august 1955 and that was the end of the paper manufacturing in Furuögrund Bourtreehill Coal Co – Bourtreehill & Warrix Collieries & Bourtreehill, Lochhead & Warrix fire clay & enamelling works, Dreghorn…

Whitrig Bog or Whitrighill Brick and Tile Works, Near Mertoun, St. Boswells,  Scottish Borders ********************************* Whitrig Bog -Mr W. Whitehouse. Mr R. Rae, Whitrighill J W Ross, Manager of Tile Works. An extensive tract of land originally overflown with water but having been drained by means of a Tunnel driven through a hill it has…

Bourtreehill Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Canmore 23/12/1871 – Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald – Fire clay goods. Composition and fire bricks now on sale here. Bourtreehill Fire Clay Works by Irvine. 27/10/1871 1872 – James Findlay, Bourtreehill Coal Co and Fire Clay Manufacturers, Dreghorn, Irvine, Kilmarnock Info  – Tokens such as this were unofficial pieces of…

Found by JJ Cranston at Seafield, Edinburgh Lochhead Fireclay Works, Dunfermline, Fife. . . . .