Found by Tom Slaven in the Kirkcaldy, Fife area.
David Methven & Son, Brick and Tile Maker, The Links, Kirkcaldy.
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1714 – Courier (23/01/1996) … A brick and tile works were founded in Link Street, Kirkcaldy in 1714. 1714 – 1776 – The 1985 publication ‘A survey of Scottish brickmarks’ suggests that the works may have been operated during this time by William Adam, William Robertson and Andrew Ramsay. 28/06/1753 – Caledonian Mercury – To…
Important Railway Trial. 28/01/1847 – The Fife Herald and Kinross, Strathearn and Clackmannan Advertiser. This very comprehensive article covering some 2 pages in the newspaper relates to the case in which Mr George Methven, brick and tile manufacturer, Kirkcaldy, claimed compensation for portions of his clay-field in the barony of Abbotshall taken by the Edinburgh…
Seen on a farm in Fife by Ian Suddaby. David Methven & Son, Brick and Tile Maker, The Links, Kirkcaldy . . . . . Below – The same stamp on a chimney pot. Many thanks to Jo McVey, Fife for sending the photos. .
