BO'NESS POTTERY

The Pottery Industry of Borrowstounness 1766 - 1958
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The town and former port of Bo’ness (Borrowstounness) stands on the southern shore of the River Forth, ten miles west of the Forth Bridge.

  

In the 18th century, Bo’ness was one of the most thriving towns on the east coast and ranked as the third port in Scotland.  Among the town's many thriving industries was pottery production and Bo'ness soon became established as one of the main pottery producing areas in the country.

  
Pottery production in the town lasted for almost 200 years and it reached its heyday at the end of the 19th century when three factories were operating simultaneously at Bo'ness, Grangepans and Bridgeness.  With the last pottery closing as recently as 1958 the industry is still fondly remembered by many Bo'nessians.
 
The various potteries can be accessed by the links on the left of the page or from the list below.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
If you have any comments or additional photos / information that you would like to share, please use the E-mail link above to get in touch. 
 
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Once again, the names McNay and Bridgeness can be associated with ceramics.

   

The great grandsons of C.W. McNay have formed Bridgeness Ceramics.

   

Click on their logo to access their website.

   

      
   
   
   
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Q.  Who designed this jug?   

A.  ? Horace Elsmore 

  

Find the answer here 

      

   
 
Put faces to the names in the revamped  McNay Family  section that now includes family photographs.
  
    
Read about Harry McNay's Tantallon Ceramics here 
  
  
 
 
Where is Dr John Roebuck buried?
 
 
Where was Bridgeness Pottery?
 
  
Where did John Marshall live?
 
 
Find the answers to these questions by clicking on the aerial view of Bo'ness on the right to access the interactive version. 
   

 
 

 

Can you help trace the teapot used at a picnic to dedicate the Wallace Monument in 1869?

 

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