1845 – Agriculture in Scotland (page 276)
21/02/1852 – Carlisle Patriot – Scotch bankrupts – From the Edinburgh Gazette of 13/02/1852 – John Weatherstone, contractor, corn dealer, coal merchant and grocer residing at Spylaw Tile Works near Kelso.
Found by Geoff Parkhouse at Rutherford near Kelso. This brick is unmarked. The maunfacturer is unknown. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but…. No doubt there will have been a brick and tile works in the area during the 18th century but I just do not know where exactly. This brick is unlikely to…
04/10/1850 – Kelso Chronicle – Building clubs…….it is proposed to build the cottages of brick which can now be obtained from the brickworks on the Cavers Estate and will also for a short time, be obtained nearer home from the works on the Estate of Stirches……..
I am referencing these apparently English Tile Works as there is a possibility that they are also the Haddon or Hadden Tile Works. Hadden Farm is on the Scottish side of the border. Shidlaw Tile Works are 100 yards on the English side of the border situated on the Kelso Branch Railway and approximately 1…
Below – 07/05/1847 – The erection of Larriston Tile Works. Below – 1858 – Larriston Tile Works, Larriston. ( The works are not named on the 1896 map)
10/01/1845 – Kelso Chronicle – Contractors wanted for making about 114 roods of new road to the brick and tile work at Cowdenknows. Specifications will be seen in the hands of Mr White, Cowdenknows or with Mr Mitchell, surveyor, Melrose. 03/07/1846 – Kelso Chronicle – Bricks and Tiles – For sale – At Cowdenknows brick…
07/02/1845 – Kelso Chronicle – 07/02/1845 – Births – At Oxnam Tile Works, on 30th ult, the wife of Mr Wm Chalmers, superintendent there, of a daughter. 01/02/1856 – Kelso Chronicle – Births – At Oxnam Tile Works on the 21st ult, Mrs James Guthrie of a son. 06/11/1857 – Kelso Chronicle – Education –…
27/06/1845 – Kelso Chronicle – Marriages – At Gavinton, Berwickshire on 16th inst by the Rev Dr Brown, Free church, Mr Thomas Fisher, Kames Tile Works to Miss Mary Anne Spence eldest daughter of Mr John Spence, Gavinton. 23/11/1849 – Kelso Chronicle – Kames Tile Works – The public is informed that the various sizes…
Below – 1899 – Old Brick Kiln, Belses. (Not depicted on the 1859 map. It is still referenced on the 1918 map) Below – Google maps aerial view of the old brick kiln location. ‘Red’ X marks the spot.
Below – 09/02/1849 – Kelso Chronicle – 350, 000 drain tiles for sale. Belonging to Messrs James and George Mitchell. Below – 24/05/1850 – Kelso Chronicle – Drain tiles for sale. John Forsythe. 03/12/1852 – Kelso Chronicle – Pinnacle Farm, Parish of Ancrum to let………….Pinnacle is situated within a mile of Belses Station of the…
Hadden or Haddon Tile Works. (Note : A.Davidson Greaves esq who on attaining the age of 21 took over the family estate at Hoselaw which would most likely include Hadden Farm. – 12/07/1844) ( Hoselaw and Hadden Tile Works may be one of the same) (Note: I also believe there may be a connection between the…
