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Kirkmuirhill Oil Works

Former parish and county:
Parish of Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire
Local authority:
South Lanarkshire
Ownership:
John and James Baird
Opened:
Presumably constructed c. 1865
Closed:
Presumably dismantled after 1870
Current status of site:
Housing and Gospel Hall
Regional overview:
Oil works in South Lanarkshire

Not listed by Redwood. The valuation rolls indicates 20 oil retorts alongside tile and brickworks facilities.

The only active brickworks shown on the 1897 OS map in the immediate vicinity of Kirkmuirhill was a small scale claypit with associated kilns close to the road between Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood. On the 1911 OS map, this works had been extended and titled Blackwood Brick and Tile Works. It is possible that this was site of the oil works.

  • Rateable value by year
      • Date Rateable Value Owner Occupier Notes
      1865 £100 John & James Baird John & James Baird Tilework
      1866 £50 John & James Baird John & James Baird Oil work 20 Retorts
      £100 John & James Baird John & James Baird Brickwork
      1867 £90 John & James Baird John & James Baird Oil work 20 Retorts. Not working
      £100 John & James Baird John & James Baird Brick & Tile Works. Not working
      1868 £90 John & James Baird John & James Baird Oil work 20 Retorts. Not working
      1869 -- John & James Baird John & James Baird No entry for oil work
      1870 £100 John & James Baird John & James Baird Brick & Tile Works
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