Found by Tam Moffet in Fife.
A broken section of glazed drain.
Lochside Works, Townhill, Dunfermline.
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Below – Photographed in Dunfermline by George Hunter.
This example is not in my possession.
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Below – This ‘Crescent Can’ is in the possession of Ian Suddaby.
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Below – The same stamp on a chimney found by Ian Suddaby in Montrose, Angus.
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Photographed in a garden in Edinburgh by Ian Suddaby. Street Brothers, Appin Coal and Fire Clay Works, Townhill, Dunfermline – Fire clay – J.S. Street, Manager This product was probably manufactured at their Cruicks Pottery and Terracotta Works, Inverkeithing, Fife. . . . .
Found by Gregor Helm just northeast of Townhill, Fife. This example is not in my possession. Manufactured either by the Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline or the Lilliehill Fire-clay Works, Townhill, Dunfermline. (Note – SBH – The find location is nearer Lilliehill but …). Below – The same stamp on a red coloured brick. Found by…
Found by Mike Chapman in Woodborough, Nottinghamshire. The brick was found in a pile of hardcore and rubble used to fill holes in a golf course road so its provenance is unknown. This example is not in my possession. Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline. . . . .
Found by Bob Banks in the Dunfermline area. This example is not in my possession. Note the reversed ‘D’. This is a circle brick. Lochside Works, Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife. . .
Found by Bob Banks in the Dunfermline area. This example is not in my possession. Note the reversed ‘C’. This is a circle brick. Lochside Works, Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife. . . .
Cruicks Pottery and Terracotta Works, Inverkeithing, Fife – This should be read in conjunction with the entry of the Naval Base, Rosyth. John Shepherd Street, Born 8/12/1859, son of Richard Street, brick manufacturer, Dunfermline, and Euphemia West, grandson of William Streets and Anna Shepherd, married 02/02/1800 Glasgow. John S Street resident Dunfermline 1871-1891. 01/11/1892 – Edinburgh…
Found in the Aberdeenshire area by Ian Suddaby. This is a roof ridge. Appin Fire Clay Works, Townhill, Dunfermline. . . . .
Found at Alloa. Lochside Works, Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a bullnose brick. Found by Gordon Wyle in the Clackmannan area.
Townhill Brickworks, Dunfermline, Fife aka Townhill Fireclay Works. John Shepherd Street, Born 8/12/1859, son of Richard Street, brick manufacturer, Dunfermline, and Euphemia West, grandson of William Streets and Anna Shepherd, married 02/02/1800 Glasgow. John S Street resident Dunfermline 1871-1891. (Note – SBH – Were these brickworks one of the same with the Kingseat Hill Brickworks or…
Alexander Wilson & Son Terracotta Manufacturers, Lochhead Works, Dunfermline. In 1851, the Great Exhibition (for which the Crystal Palace was built) was held in Hyde Park, London. The exhibition was a great success and led Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, to propose the creation of a permanent series of facilities for the enlightenment of the public in the area, which…
