History of Crossbasket & Stoneymeadow, Blantyre
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1254
Unearthing a silver penny – metal detecting 
x2
1306
Events leading to Crossbasket Possession – Part 1 x1 
1440
First Mention of Crossbasket – historical reference x1
1484
Crossbasket – Ownership by the Lindsays x1
1589
Archibald Stewart – of Crossbasket x1
1619
Crossbasket Alexander Lindsay – Alexander of Dunrod x1
Events leading to – creation of Crossbasket x1
1622
James Baillie – of Park and Crossbasket x2
1634
Crossbasket Bridge Mill – or The Meal mill x7
1661
Skullduggery at – Crossbasket by Kincaid x1
1697
Witchcraft and Blantyre – at Crossbasket x1
1724
Alders or Allers Farm – Stoneymeadow x1
1740
Crossbasket – Origins of the name by P Veverka x1
1747
Thomas Peter – the younger x1
1765
Crossbasket Tower or Keep – Description x1
Origins of Crossbasket – Name x1
First Crossbasket Extension – Peter x1
1775
General Peter of Crossbasket Part 1 – and also Part 2 x2
1790
Building the Turnpike Road – information x1
1791
Crossbasket Loan – for Lieu. General Peter x1
1793
Events leading to Crossbasket Possession – Part 2 incl Mains x1
Mains Castle – Crossbasket Connections by Paul Veverka x1
1818
Charles McIntosh – owner of Crossbasket Part 2 x4
1829
The Generals Bridge – named after General Maxwell x3
1835
Alexander Downie – of Crossbasket x4
1840
Alexander Downie – and The Duke of Wellington Statue x1
Crossbasket – etching x1
1848
John Cabbell – of Crossbasket x2
1855
Robert Clark – of Inverchapel & Crossbasket x1
James Clark – of Crossbasket x1
1859
The Bridge Mill – behind Crossbasket x1
Crossbasket – 2nd Extension x1
Fruit Trees – and improvements x1
1860
Crossbasket – snippets x1
Crossbasket Residents – and servants x1
Crossbasket – Donations and Dogs x1
1861
Servants at Crossbasket – rollcall x1
1862
James Clark – at Crossbasket x1
1865
Walter & John Kerr Clark – owners Crossbasket x1
1891
George Neilson – owner of Crossbasket x1
Neilson – extends Crossbasket x1
1892
Installation of Electric Lighting – Autumn x1
1893
George Neilson – family and work x1
1895
Four men and a Culvert – flag bridge x1
Crossbasket – Four Angel Falls x1
Toddlers – with cycles x1
1896
High Society Wedding – Crossbasket x1
1897
Travellers attacked at Doghillockx1
1899
Crossbasket New Year Dance – x1
1900
Stoneymeadow Farm – at Dalton Junction x1
Calderwood Lodge – Wallace/Thomson family x1
Stoneymeadow Junction – colourised photo x1
Crossbasket – new entrance x1
1901
Crossbasket – Residents and servants x1
Alarming accident – wagonette x1
1904
Crossbasket – history of the era x1
1905
Stoneymeadow Sweet Shop – at Dalton Junction x2
Crossbasket Function – coming of age party x1
Crossbasket – tennis courts x1
Crossbasket – coloured x1
1906
4th Extension – of Crossbasket x1
Crossbasket – 4 Angel Falls x1
1907
Calderwood Halt – station x2
Neilson Family Life – Crossbasket x1
1910
Crossbasket Postcards – from 1910s and 1920s x3
Stoneymeadow Road – postcard x1
General’s Bridge – Crossbasket x1
Cart on the General’s Bridge – photo x1
Picnic at Crossbasket Castle – church choir outing x1
1912
Neilson Family life – 1912 to 1918 x1
1913
Telegraph Poles – fire x1
1915
Crossbasket – photo x1
1918
Crossbasket – 1918 to 1922 x1
1919
Crossbasket Owner – Thomas Dunlop Findlay x1
1920
General’s Bridge – colourised photo x1
General’s Bridge – further postcard x2
1924
Crossbasket – The Findlay Era x1
1926
James Little – Rates Scandal x1
1931
Crossbasket – End of Findlay Era x2
1932
James Little – of Crossbasket Part 1 x1
George Neilson – final resting place x1
Glenrose – purchase from James Little x2
1933
Fatal impaling at Stoneymeadow Road x1
1935
Stoneymeadow – Fatal Crash x1
1936
James Little – of Crossbasket The 1930s x1
1940
Allers Farm Ownership – Mr Reardon’s deeds x2
1944
Kerr Legacy – on the world x1
1946
Crossbasket – Post War Years x2
Little of Crossbasket – Post WW2 Years x2
1953
Stoneymeadow – Dalton junction x1
General’s Bridge – Crossbasket x1
1955
Possible visit by Mrs Roosevelt – to Crossbasket x1
Chieftain at Stoneymeadow – bus photo x1
Jim Rochead at Crossbasket – fete x1
1957
Marge Mills at Crossbasket – photo x1
1960
Stoneymeadow – junction photo x1
Stoneymeadow Junction – photos x1
1963
Roosevelt Memorial – polio fund x1
Listing Crossbasket House – protected x1
1965
Opening James Little Training College – Fete day x3
James Little Training School – extract x3
Crossbasket Golf School – Douglas Bader opens x1
1966
Installing Culvert at A725 – High Blantyre cine 
x1
1967
Stoneymeadow Crash – at General’s Bridge x1
Fete – at Crossbasket x1
Roosevelt Visit to Crossbasket – son of the President x1
1971
Crossbasket and Greenhall – where the road ends x1
1976
Baxter Russell – at Crossbasket x1
Closure of James Little Training College – x1
1977
Carving up Crossbasket – selling off the land x1
Closure – James Little Training college x1
1978
The Bungalow – near Crossbasket x1
1980
Preparing to Sell Crossbasket – Baxter Russell x1
1981
Peter Differ Cochrane – at Crossbasket x1
1984
Calderwood – North Lodge x3
1987
Crossbasket Tour – Guide x1
1990
Crossbasket – and the 1990s x1
Crossbasket and Greenhall – movie x1
Crossbasket House – the corridor x1
1996
LaVere & Elizabeth Soper – Crossbasket x1
2000
Crossbasket – The Millennium Years x1
2004
Generals Bridge – a new idea x1
2005
Bridge Mill River Runs Clear – River Calder subsidiary x1
Rear of Crossbasket Castle – wooden bridges x2
2008
Crossbasket Castle in May – photos by Robert Stewart x2
2010
Snow Winter scene – Crossbasket Castle x2
Crossbasket – pre renovation photos x19
Crossbasket – The Lowest Years x1
2011
Crossbasket Rescue – 2011 to 2013 x1
2013
Crossbasket – Renovation & Rescue x5
2014
Crossbasket Monkey Puzzle – photo by RDS x1
Crossbasket Nursery – Opening x2
Crossbasket – Further Renovations including Ballroom x4
2015
Crossbasket Castle – Crossbasket House High Blantyre x8
Crossbasket Castle – Further photos x4
Crossbasket – Location and Description x1
Crossbasket – Exterior, Gardens and Mills x1
Lee Burn – near Crossbasket x1
Crossbasket – The Blocked up window x2
Crossbasket Lade – now dug out x2
Crossbasket Castle – Oct 2015 by Jim Brown x1
The Historical Ownership – of Crossbasket Castle by P Veverka x1
Crossbasket Clarifications – by P Veverka x3
Crossbasket Renovations – March 2015 x9
Albert Roux – at Crossbasket Castle x1
Crossbasket – more renovation photos x33
Crossbasket – ICMI Involvement & The Roux Family x12
2016
Crossbasket – now and then x2
Crossbasket – dinner evening x3
Crossbasket -aerial photo x1
2017
Crossbasket Castle – New Ceremony Hall Externals x4
Crossbasket Castle – Ceremony Hall Internals x4
Crossbasket Nursery – new woodland trail and school x1
Foveran Field – High Blantyre. Housing not going ahead x2
Crossbasket – phase 2 to be announced x5
Foveran – more photos x2
Gate Lodge – Crossbasket x4
2018
Crossbasket – renovated Gatelodge x14
Crossbasket Castle – engraving x1
Crossbasket Falls – photos x2
2020
Crossbasket – East Lodge x5
2021
Crossbasket – Four Angel Falls x1
Crossbasket – from the air x1
Crossbasket – four angels from above x1
Crossbasket Sundial – confirmed in America x1
2022
Crossbasket Castle – comparison x1
Misty Crossbasket – foggy photo x1
2023
Some interesting finds – metal detecting x1
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