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Imber,

You definitely tested me there.To be honest, I do not believe there are any detailed records of Cleland Pottery. What I can tell, from asking locals, is that the pottery was at the bottom end of Chapel Street in Cleland.

It operated until the early 1900’s. A local believes that he once saw photo’s of this featuring beehive kilns like the ones you see in Stoke etc. There was a narrow gauge line linking the Pottery, with the Cockyard [newer houses at the bottom of Chapel Street]. This narrow gauge crossed the burn via a viaduct. This viaduct was blown up in the mid sixties. He is certain of that as he was at St Mary’s Primary School the day it was blown and all the windows had to be opened to avoid them shattering. Him and a friend did not get home from school until 8.00pm that night because he went to see the debris and in his own words "we got our arse’s kicked for our trouble"
 
The older houses on Chapel Street were built late 20’s early 30’s but by that time the Pottery would have closed.
 
There is a reference to Cleland making chimney pots etc as early as 1830/40 possibly an offshoot of pottery, which then gave way to brickworks. There were three types of mining; fireclay, iron ore and of course coal in the Cleland area.

Sorry, this is not what you are looking for, but I do not think you will find any detail of the pottery works. I will keep asking to see what I can find.

Jim

I live in Cleland in Lanarkshire and Omoa House was originally Omoa Poorhouse. The Omoa House still stands today (or much of it), and is Cleland Hospital. It is right opposite Cleland station, which in the early 1900's was known as Omoa station but was renamed when the original Cleland station closed with the demise of the Iron Works. Omoa did indeed get its name from Omoa in Honduras where Colonel Dalrymple distinguished himself in battle before returning to set up the iron works.