Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

1875 – William Stevenson, brickmaker, Milncroft (Millcroft), Rutherglen Road, Glasgow. 24/09/1880 – 08/08/1881 – (Note – SBH – I have numerous Stevenson Brothers invoices from their Polmadie and Millcroft Brickworks, both situated in Rutherglen Road. They cover various dates from 24/09/1880 to  09/02/1897. All the invoices are detailed Stevenson Brothers but those invoices dated between…

1863 – Bell and Hornsby letterheads of 1893 state that Bell, Hornsby & Co were established in 1863 and reference the Polmadie Brickworks, Glasgow and the Langlands Brickworks, Govan on the same letterheads. The brickworks may not have been established at the same time as the Company. 07/10/1879 – Glasgow Herald – Theft of oats…

Garscadden Brick and Tile Works aka Blairdardie Brick and Tile Works, Yoker, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – were these works also known as the Duntocher Works?). Garscadden Brick and Tile Works, Canal Bank, Bowling, Glasgow. See also the Cowdenhill Brickworks which may be the same works. Written by Eric Flack and reproduced by kind permission….

Chapter Five  – Brick and Field drain Works – Written by Eric Flack and reproduced by kind permission.  It is a fascinating read. Another local industry was the manufacture of bricks. Three of the local brickwork’s produced terracotta type bricks and field tiles or drains in updraught kilns from locally dug red clay. These were…

Found Firth of Clyde, Glasgow. Stevenson Bros –  Brickmakers, Millcroft and Polmadie Brickfields, Rutherglen rd.; also Garscadden Brick and Tile Works, Drumchapel. . . . .  

Found in Glasgow. Stevenson Bros –  Brickmakers, Millcroft and Polmadie Brickfields, Rutherglen rd.; also Garscadden Brick and Tile Works, Drumchapel. Note the dash and 2 dots under the ‘S’ of Bros. . . . Below – I believe this is the same stamp but with the middle line rubbed out. You can just make out the top…