Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. George Eadie Hangingshaw Brickworks and Possil Brickworks, Possil Road, Glasgow. . . . .

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. George Eadie Hangingshaw Brickworks and Possil Brickworks, Possil Road, Glasgow. . . . .

It is entirely possible that the Lambhill Brickworks, Lambhill, Glasgow were then renamed the Possil Brickworks. 20/07/1870 – Glasgow Herald – Scottish sequestrations – Peter & James Weir, contractors, brickmakers and builders at Airdrie, and at Lambhill, near Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, and of Peter Weir and James Weir, contractors, brickmakers and builders…

Possil Brickworks, Petershill Road, Glasgow (Note – SBH – It is entirely possible that the Possil Brickworks were previously known as the Lambhill Brickworks, Lambhill, Glasgow. If anyone can confirm or challenge this consideration then please let me know). Below – 29/09/1869 – Glasgow Herald – Bricks and equipment for sale at the Brickwork, Possil…

Hangingshaw 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,…

(Note – SBH – This would appear not to be part of the Blochairn Sand and Fire Clay Company albeit it was probably situated very close by). 19/07/1899 – Glasgow Herald -A special sub-committee of Glasgow Corporation on the utilisation of the clay in the lands of Eastern Blochairn has decided to recommend the Corporation…

Found Kilmarnock Possil Brickworks, Petershill Road, Glasgow . . . .    

Found Slateford Rd, Edinburgh. Possil Brickworks, Petershill Road, Glasgow. . . . .

Found by Eddie McLean at The Linn,  Glasgow George Eadie, Hangingshaw Brickworks and Possil Brickworks, Possil Road, Glasgow. . . . .