Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Walkinshaw Brickworks, Renfrew, Renfrewshire. . . . .

Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Merry & Cuninghame Limited, Colliery Proprietors, Iron Masters,  105 St Vincent Street, Glasgow and Glengarnock, Carnbroe and  Ardeer Iron Works, and elsewhere. They also owned the Walkinshaw brickworks at one point in time. (AKA Cunningham) This brick is highly likely to be a product of theirs and…

Found in Paisley. Walkinshaw Brickworks, Renfrew, Renfrewshire. . . . .

The ATC brickmark was produced at various brickworks under the umbrella of the Alexandra Transport Company, the brickmark comes from the company initials, ATC and possibly AT (the AT’s could be examples of poor stamping). At one point they owned the following Scottish Brickworks. Blackhill, Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire. Summerston, Lanarkshire Balmore, Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire Walkinshaw, Renfrew, Renfrewshire. Carsehead, Dalry,…

1855 – 1857 – ScotlandPlaces – Corsehill Tileworks. Robert Gairdner, factor. Below – 1856 – Corsehill Tileworks. Below – 11/04/1866 – Glasgow Herald – Corsehill Tilework for let as possessed by Mr Alexander Douglas. 1867 – Alexander Douglas, Corsehill Tileworks, Kilmarnock. 1872 – Peter Brown, tile manufacturer, Corsehill. Below – 20/02/1875 – The Ardrossan and Saltcoats…

Walkinshaw Brickworks, Renfrew, Renfrewshire Available evidence indicates that Merry & Cunninghame (coal and iron masters with extensive mineral interests in the west of Scotland), began working ironstone at Walkinshaw (No.1) pit during the mid-1850s. The first edition OS map (surveyed c.1857) shows the engine house buildings of the pit, but no rail link. An 1862…

Found in Paisley area by DM. Walkinshaw Brickworks, Renfrew, Renfrewshire. . . . .

Found in Paisley. Walkinshaw Brickworks, Renfrew, Renfrewshire. . . . . Below – A very similar stamp found on a brick found by Colin Mitchell in the Paisley area. Note the reversed ‘N’.        

Found Paisley. Walkinshaw Brickworks, Renfrew, Renfrewshire. . . . .    

Found Paisley. Walkinshaw Brickworks, Renfrew, Renfrewshire. . . . . Below – A similar stamp found at the same location but the first and last letters are virtually obscured by the screws holding the stamp together.