Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found Seafield, Edinburgh. Niddrie Brickworks, Niddrie, Edinburgh, Midlothian. Note the ‘I’ is missing and the ‘6’ is sitting at a jaunty angle. . . .

Found Seafield, Edinburgh. Niddrie Brickworks, Niddrie, Edinburgh, Midlothian. . . . .

Canmore The Niddrie Brickworks, near Edinburgh, was a large common brickworks built in 1924 to supply bricks for house building by the Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. It had three large Hoffman continuous kilns, and latterly, a modern shuttle kiln. The works closed in 1991 and were demolished. 04/04/1878 – Falkirk Herald – On Saturday…

Found in East End of Glasgow by Eddie McLean. Niddrie Brickworks, Niddrie, Edinburgh, Midlothian. . . . .  

Found by Andrew Gemmell in the Milngavie area, Glasgow. Niddrie Brickworks, Niddrie, Edinburgh, Midlothian. . . . .    

Found in the Edinburgh area by Ian Suddaby The 3 appears to have been stamped separately and backwards. Niddrie Brickworks, Niddrie, Edinburgh, Midlothian. . . .  

Found by JJ Cranston at Seafield, Edinburgh. The middle ‘D’ is missing. This could just be worn with the tide although it does just appear never to have been there at all. I saw another brick with the same letter missing some 200 yards further along the beach . Niddrie Brickworks, Niddrie, Edinburgh, Midlothian. ….

Found at Wallyford, East Lothian. Scottish Brick Corporation. According to the Survey of Scottish Brick Marks, this dash code refers to the Niddrie Brickworks, Niddrie – see here Following nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, the National Coal Board (NCB) inherited a number of brickworks. Around 1969,  saw the NCB selling off its brickworks…

Found Broxburn. Niddrie Brickworks, Niddrie, Edinburgh, Midlothian. . . . .      

Found Firth of Forth, Inverkeithing. Niddrie Brickworks, Niddrie, Edinburgh, Midlothian.. . . . .