Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found in the West Lothian area. Jenny Lind Composition Brickworks, Carfin, Lanarkshire. . . . .  

Carfin Colliery Brickworks, Carfin, North Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – When researching these works it is often very confusing whether information gleaned should be recorded on this page or the page for the Carfin Brickworks. If anyone believes information is wrongly recorded then please let me know). Canmore – This brickworks is not named on the…

Found in the West Lothian area by Arnie Faichney. Airdrie House Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Kipps, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. . .

The Barracks, Stirling aka Armament Depot aka Railway Company Stores. Canmore A rectangular stone-built two-storey building, slated roof. End and central bays advanced, central bay with topped with ball finials. Loading doors in the upper storey. Referred to locally as the French Barracks. Forthside estate was sold to the British Army in 1864, upon the…

Canmore – Jenny Lind Brickworks, also known as Carfin Colliery Brickworks, A Jeffrey and Co. Ltd. (Note – SBH – I am not sure if this is true as both Jenny Lind and Carfin Colliery Brickworks may be marked separately on a 1910 map. Requires clarification). These works made common bricks which were marked JENNY…

Airdrie House Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire AKA Mosside Brickworks or was this a separate site? Airdrie House (now Monklands General Hospital)  Most of The Moss and the area around Whinhall belonged to the Airdrie House Estate until the beginning of this century. The estate was owned and occupied by the Hamilton family for nearly 300 years…

Found by Eddie McLean in Glasgow. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but….. . . .  

Cobbinshaw South Oil Works and the brickworks appear to have shared the same location. The original brickworks were built c. 1870 and the oil works c.1873 The South Cobbinshaw Fireclay and Brick Company – This company was formed to restart the brickworks. Registration Date: 16th May 1884 Registered Office: Townhall Street, Inverkeithing. Directors: Thomas Scott, 12…

Found in Wishaw among piles of rubble used to back fill a pond. All the bricks surrounding it were Scottish. The maker is unidentified. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but…. . . Below – The same stamp thin, 2 3/4″ deep example found at The Barracks, Stirling. This example was possibly made at…

Coats Brickwork, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire The name Brand crops up twice in “A Survey of Scottish Brickmarks” with the first instance being Robert Brand proprietor/owner of Garturk Brickworks and the other, James, Janet and Robert Brand, also proprietors/owners, of Rochsolloch Brickworks. 25/11/1856 – Edinburgh Gazette – Bathgate, Airdrie and Coatbridge Railway – A Branch Railway diverging out…