John Watson & Co.

The Glasgow firm that bought the Bathville site in June 1859 for £10,000 and built a brickworks there within months to use the fireclay coming up with the coal. Watson & Co. became one of the biggest coalmasters in Lanarkshire but ran into financial trouble in 1874, when Bathville was sold to James Wood.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Bathville Colliery West Lothian 1859–1874

Record created: 6 September 2026 · Last researched: 6 September 2026