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Ralston Brickworks, Hillington, Glasgow Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire.

The Ralston Brickworks may be one of the same as the Seedhill Brickworks.

18/05/1895 – Glasgow Herald – The following Public Companies were registered in Edinburgh during the past week.  The Ralston Brickmaking Company (Limited) – No 2013 – to acquire land on the Estate of Ralston, Paisley and to carry on the business of brick and tile makers. The capital is £10,000 in £10 shares and the subscribers are – A. Logan, coal merchant; J.F Baird, manager; W.Wilson, manufacturer; J. Robertson, manufacturer; R.Baird, manager; R.Morton, brick builder and A McAllister, solicitor all in Paisley.

Below – 26/12/1899 – Glasgow Herald – Paisley, serious accident at Ralston Brickworks, Hillington, Glasgow Road.
11/08/1900 – Glasgow Herald- New Scottish companies … No 4599. New Cleghorn Terra Cotta Company Limited, 93 Hope Street, Glasgow. Capital £15,000 in £1 shares. Formed to adopt an agreement with the existing company of that name which has its registered office at 144 West Regent Street, Glasgow. Signatories – David Rankine, civil engineer, 23d West George Street; John Faill, contractor, 52 Robertson Street; A K Foote, secretary, Kelvinside Brick Company Limited, 93 Hope Street; John A Todd, solicitor, 190 West George Street; James S Dixon, coalmaster, 127 St Vincent Street; Mark Hurll, brick manufacturer, 144 West Regent Street, all in Glasgow and J F Baird, brick manufacturer, Greenock Road, Paisley.

 

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