The following is a list of known Scottish brickmarks (including special shapes) in that a physical example exists and has been photographed. Clicking the link will bring up information about the brickmark with photograph(s); when and where the brick was found, where it was manufactured, if known, and any additional information about the brickmark, the…
Read moreOverseas stockists for Scottish bricks – export and import. . . . . Below – 16/10/1844 – New York Daily Tribune – Scotch firebricks for sale – Sherman Atwater & Co, 30 Broad Street, New York. Below – 09/12/1855 – The Age Newspaper – Melbourne, Australia – Scotch – Scottish hearths – Huxley and Parkers…
Read moreScottish Pottery and porcelain Works – circa 1878 (Note – SBH – This link crediting the source no longer appears to be working). (THE FIGURES / ENGRAVINGS ARE NOT REPRODUCED) The early pottery of Scotland appears, as a general rule, to bear a close analogy to that of England both in form, in intention of…
Read moreThe following is a list of known Scottish brickmarks (including special shapes) in that a physical example exists and has been photographed. Clicking the link will bring up information about the brickmark with photograph(s); when and where the brick was found, where it was manufactured, if known, and any additional information about the brickmark, the…
Read moreThe following is a list of known Scottish brickmarks (including special shapes) in that a physical example exists and has been photographed. Clicking the link will bring up information about the brickmark with photograph(s); when and where the brick was found, where it was manufactured, if known, and any additional information about…
Read moreDuring Spring, 2013, a group of UCSC students under the direction of Pat Paramoure, UCSC Archaeological Consultant, excavated in the work area between The Cooperage and Kilns at the Bay Street Kilns at the entrance to campus. … In the 1880s Californians actually found it cheaper to purchase English (British) firebricks that had travelled by…
Read moreThe following bricks are in the possession of Matt Lalonde, Michigan, USA. Matt states the ‘Hurll, Glasgow’ brick was found by the shore of Lake Huron in the Port Huron, Michigan. I am uncertain where exactly in Michigan, USA the following Scottish bricks were found. ‘Patent R Brown Paisley’ – (Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie…
Read moreThanks to Mark Norstad for the following information. . Mark states – The ‘Heathery Knowe’ was found underneath an old house in Marin County, CA (near San Francisco). The age of the house is unknown. Below – Heathery Knowe Patent Glasgow – Heatheryknowe Fire Clay Works, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – Heathery Knowe appears to be…
Read moreThe following bricks have been found in the California area by Alan Miller. . . . . Below – Bathville – Bathville Brick and Fire Clay Works, Armadale, West Lothian. Below – Patent, R. Brown & Son, Paisley – Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works and Caledonian Brick and Tile Works, Paisley. Below –…
Read moreThe following Scottish bricks were found by Tim Westley in and around Sydney Harbour, Australia. . . . . Below – Ferguslie Patent – Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley. Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. Below – Hurll – Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks…
Read moreMany thanks to Terrence Honore and the Palmiste Historical Society for the following information. These Scottish bricks were found on the Cedar Grove, Canaan Palmiste Estates, Trinidad. They were formerly owned by Scotsmen like the Lamonts. A chimney of bricks from that era 1810, still stands, along with bridges and a few other structures. The…
Read moreThe following Scottish bricks were found by David W Garcia at various locations throughout California, USA. . . . . Below – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, by Millerston, Glasgow. Found at an old dynamite testing site at Hercules, California. Below – 2 x Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works, Paisley, Renfrewshire. Found…
Read moreThis photograph is depicted in a book entitled “And so we graft from six to six” by Warwick Gemmell. This brick was found in New South Wales, Australia. I am not in possession of this brick. Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley. . .
Read moreFound by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Unidentified maker but highly likely to be of Scottish origins. It is enamelled in white to one side. It is stamped with a circular mark and an unknown number of raised pips or pellets – at least 7 and probably 10. The reverse side has a double…
Read moreCanmore Below – 1858 – Possible site of the Blackwood Tileworks. 1865 – John and James Baird, Tileworks in the Parish of Lesmahagow. Rateable value £100. 1866 – John and James Baird, Brickworks in the Parish of Lesmahagow. Rateable value £100. 1867 – Brick and Tile Works not working. 1870 – John and James Baird…
Read moreCrosshill Brickworks, Crosshill, Glasgow aka Myrtle Park Brickfield, Crosshill. (Note – SBH – I think these were one of the same. If any can confirm or deny then please get in touch). 1841 – 1842 – Peter Smith, brick and tile maker, Crosshill. Letters left at 68 King Street, Glasgow. 1849 – 1850 – Peter…
Read moreAlternative brickworks include: West Works, Armadale, West Lothian. Canmore – The works are situated between Bathville Pipe Works and Atlas Brickworks (NS96NW 38). The Ordnance Survey Map (OS 25-inch, Linlithgowshire, sheet ?NX.I) showed two 10 chamber Hoffman Kilns which were also shown on the map of 1897 … The westernmost kiln was still standing in 1978…
Read moreThis photograph is depicted in a book entitled “And so we graft from six to six” by Warwick Gemmell. This brick was found in New South Wales, Australia. I am not in possession of this brick. Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley. . .
Read moreBathville Brick and Fire Clay Works, Armadale, West Lothian. Canmore John Watson of Glasgow bought the Bathville site in June 1859 for £10,000 and shortly after built a brickworks to use the fireclay being mined with the coal. John Watson & Co were to become one of the biggest coalmasters in Lanarkshire, but in 1874…
Read moreKersland Colliery, Lime and Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. Canmore Info Information from Matthew Yuill, Ayrshire – Kersland Brickworks, at Kersland Colliery. Locally called Oliphants Pit. (These are a different Works from the one at Kersland No 2 Pit.) Mentioned in the Stat Account 1836, this pit had a drainage level which still runs freely into…
Read moreJames Waldie and thereafter James Waldie & Sons were originally coal merchants. (Note – SBH – I am as yet unsure of the date whereby they started to manufacture bricks nor exactly where the brickworks were situated. In 1872 they leased the Newbattle Brick and Tile Works but they were also involved in many collieries…
Read moreFound by Eddie McLean in Sawmillfield Street, Glasgow, Glasgow. This was found built into an internal wall along with other similar marks and numerous Robert Brown bricks of various enamelled colours. Believed to be a product of Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works and Caledonian Brick and Tile Works, Paisley. This particular brick is…
Read moreFound by Eddie McLean. All the following bricks were found within the original internal walls. The building they were found in was in ruins and is situated in Sawmillfield Street, Glasgow just below the canal. All the bricks detailed below are believed to be products of Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works and Caledonian…
Read morePhotographed by David Bell. The bricks form part of the road surface at Roche harbour, San Juan Island, USA. The Scottish fire bricks are Glenboig and Patent R Brown & Son Paisley. The English fire bricks are Carr and Cowen. There are Canadian fire bricks too. . .
Read more1840 – By the 19th century, there was a need for a school in the Newbattle area. Newbattle paper mill opened in 1795, Newbattle and Newton Grange collieries had opened, Newbattle Brick and Tile works opened in 1840, (not detailed on 1855 OS Map?) and Newbattle Gasworks opened in 1873. 1862 – Newbattle Collieries Lime, Brick & Tile Works Dalkieth. James Davidson Manager. Below…
Read moreHangingshaw Brickworks, Cathcart, Glasgow. 10/02/1845 – Glasgow Herald – To brickmakers and others – For sale part of the lands of Hanginshaw called Burnpark. To brickmakers and others. For sale by private bargain, that part of the lands of Haningshaw called Burnpark, with the houses thereon, at present possessed by Mr Andrew Speirs and others,…
Read moreBelow – 25/05/1886 – The Scotsman – The International Exhibition Edinburgh – Granolithic is a form of high-grade concrete ‘invented’ by Stuart and Co, Edinburgh. Note the reference to Prestongrange Coal and Fire Brick Company, Glenboig Fire Clay Company, Garterrie (Gartverrie) Fireclay Company, James Dougall & Sons Bonnybridge, James Brown Glasgow, Robert Brown & Son…
Read moreSeafield Brick and Tile Works, St Andrews. Seafield Mains is located 3.5km WNW of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. 12/08/1852 – Stirling Observer – Highland Agricultural Show, Perth – Alexander Meldrum, St Andrews shared the first prize with James McAlpine, brick and tile maker, Stirling for drain pipes. 12/08/1852 – Fife Herald – Prize drain tiles….
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