
Greenhill, Crossbasket, Milheugh & The Calder on the Western green fringes of Blantyre
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1500’s
Pattonholm Ford the Medieval Road – The medieval calder rd x1
Crossbasket, where the roads cross – Origins of Crossbasket x1
1634
Crossbasket, lands of East Kilbride – East Kilbride claims ownership x2
1727
Milheugh Lade & Forgotten Mills – Origins of Milheugh x12
1747
The Greenhall Map 1747 – Old Road to Greenhall from Blantyrex1
Owners & Occupiers of Greenhall – Listed owners Greenhall Estatex2
Dysholm or Dyesholm Cottage – history x1
1760
The History of Greenhall – The history of Greenhall Estate x5
1765
N Britain or W Binton – The Crossbasket Sketch x3
1793
Stoneymeadow Toll / Farm – A brief history x4
1799
Milheugh Bridge Abutments – Still there in 2015 x2
1805
The missing sundial of Crossbasket – Where the sundial ended upx4
1808
Letter to Joanna – at Milheugh x1
1816
Dyseholm or Dysholm Mill – a history of the old mill x2
Forebraes – Red Craigholm & Eastholm x12
1817
Milheugh Trout – 24 year old fish x1
1820
Detailed History Milheugh House – Milheugh House through ages x3
Cocksburn Dam – at Mid Letterick x1
1830
Blantyre’s Other Famous Son – Charles MacIntosh mac inventorx2
1838
James Millar’s Inventory – List of possessions x5
1849
Forrest’s flee from Stoneymeadow – Gun accident at Stoneymeadowx1
1859
Mid Letterick Farm & Mill – History of Lettrick Farm x10
The Flag Bridge – at Mid Letterick x2
1862
Greenhall Brickworks -bricks x1
1867
Greenhall Rifle Range – opens x1
Greenhall Rifle Range – location x4
Greenhall Rifle Range – distances x1
Greenhall Rifle Range – as it is now x6
1870
Crossbasket Castle – colorised photo x1
Ghost of Agnes Clark – at Crossbasket x1
1873
James Clark Emblum at Crossbasket – Builder of Crossbasket extensionx1
1877
Crossbasket Mine Collapse – Iron and Lime Collapse x5
1878
Milheugh Western side – photo x1
1880
Milheugh Mills Overlay – Animated gif by Robert Brownlie x1
Cocksburn Culvert – under railway at Greenhall x2
1885
Milheugh Bridge – illustration x1
1890
Milheugh House, Blantyre – Photo by Thomas Annan x1
The Lady Nancy, High Blantyre – Greenhall owned upper fields x1
1890’s Milheugh Bridge – View at bottom of Pech Brae x1
Milheugh Falls – Painting x1
1897
Shooting Accident – Greenhall x1
1898
Greenhall – Gap in the ‘wa x1
1900
Curling Events at Greenhall – Curling history from Arlene Greenx3
Milheugh River Calder – Milheugh Riverside scene x1
Milheugh Bridge – photo children playing x1
1901
Milheugh House – rare photo x1
1905
The Generals Bridge, Blantyre – Stoneymeadow Bridge History x3
Crossbasket House – Photographed by David Ritchie x1
Smoking Fires at Crossbasket – Photographed by David Ritchie x1
Well kept Crossbasket House – Photographed then by David Ritchie x1
Greenhall Estate Lodge – early 20th century photo x1
Calderwood Lodge – Entrance to Calderwood Castle x1
Graffiti – at Greenhall Entrance x1
Nanny and children – at Greenhall Entrance x1
Greenhall Lodge – Architecture x1
Thomas Denholm – and the Moores at Greenhall x1
1906
San Francisco Earthquake – Wardrop Moore’s Account x5
1907
A novel Dwelling – fan chamber x3
1909
Milheugh Bridge – Rotten Calder x1
1910
Estate Paths now long gone – Traces of Milheugh paths x2
Female Amateur of Carpentry – Joanna Baillie Milheugh poem x1
Milheugh House & Estate – Brief history of Milheughx2
Curling at Blantyre – near Greenhall x1
Greenhall House – 2 great photos x2
Crossbasket House – photo x1
Malcolmwood – 1910s x1
Millheugh Bridge – 1910 x1
An Ingenious Defence – Greenhall Breakin x1
1912
Milheugh River Bed markings – Signs of Millstonesx2
Greenhall Brickworks – a correction x1
Greenhall Brickworks – photos and more x6
1915
Wartime Garden Fete – At Milheugh for hospital x2
Blantyre Ambulance – at Milheugh, rare photo x1
Milheugh Bridge 1915 – Viewpoint from this era x2
Two men at the Calder – colourised photo x1
1917
Lady Park – the name x1
1920
The Nut at Greenhall House – Racehorse x1
Evidence of early Milheugh Bridge – abutment x2
Milheugh House – photos x3
Malcolmwood – photo x1
Millheugh – at the calder (photo) x1
1921
Greenhall – west entrance in colour x1
Greenhall Tennis Courts – In colour x1
Greenhall Estate Entrance – in colour x1
Greenhall Lodge – in colour x1
Greenhall Estate road – in colour x1
Greenhall Entrance – west x1
Greenhall House – photo x1
1923
Husband disagrees – with police about wife x1
1924
General’s Bridge at Stoneymeadow – from Christina Forrest x1
Gardening at Crossbasket – Extract from photo x1
1925
Greenhall Cupmarks – Mystery carvings on a boulderx2
Cupmarks at Greenhall Solved – shared by Ean Paul x1
How far we’ve come – controversial adverts x1
1926
River Calder – mystery x1
1927
Trip to the Calder – Sunday School Outingx1
1928
Brotherhood – not hatred x1
1929
The workers at Milheugh – Family Album photo at the housex1
1930
Greenhall House – Wardrope-Moore– Brief History x1
1935
The Malcolmwood Fire – Outbuilding burn down x1
1936
Tennis Courts at Crossbasket – In fields next to the building x3
Stoneymeadow Cemetery – Covenanters or monks graves? x9
1937
Alleged Cattle theft – at Letterick Farm x1
1940
Millheugh Bridge – rural scene x1
Milheugh Bridge – colourised x1
Beautiful Greenhall House – colourised x1
Greenhall Gardens – High Blantyre x1
More Greenhall Gardens – High Blantyre x1
1942
Mrs Jessie Paul – Greenhall x1
1945
Surrendering Milheugh House – Squatters take over the house x1
Milheugh House – trespassers prosecuted x1
1946
Milheugh Bridge Discussions – Renovating the bridge x1
Greenhall – Tree Carvings x1
1947
Dismantling Greenhall Viaduct – iron girders removed x2
1948
The Milheugh Bridge & Sodger’s Hole – A soldier sadly drowns x1
Theft at Greenhall Lodge – Lodgekeepers items stolen at night x1
1949
Act of Kindness with Purse returned – Encouraging kind act x1
1950
Chieftain Bus Crash at Stoneymeadow – People inured x1
Milheugh Cows – at River Calder 1950’s x2
Malcolmwood – photo x1
Milheugh Bridge – opening x1
1953
Walk at the Pech Brae – photo x1
1956
Milheugh Bridge – photo x1
1957
Milheugh Bridge – George Park plays as a child x1
The Parks – at the Peth Brae x1
Mineral Report – Milheugh Bridge x1
1958
Millheugh Falls – sent in by G Cook x1
Milheugh Falls – Cine by Sanny McVicar x1
1959
Girls play down the calder – photo x1
1963
Lease of Greenhall Estate – to East Kilbride x1
Appointing Gardener – to Greenhall x1
1964
Offer to construct bridge – at Greenhall x1
Opening and Insuring – Greenhall Park x1
1965
Douglas Bader opens Golf Training – at Crossbasket Housex1
Ploughing at Malcomwood – sent in by J Cochrane x1
Greenhall House – before demolition x1
1967
Greenhall Pylon Line – proposed x1
1968
Milheugh Falls – The Calder x1
1970
Calder Photo – Janet at the Calder x1
Milheugh Bridge – wonderful photo x1
Milheugh Bridge – snowy scene x1
Calder Falls – at Milheugh x1
1973
Sledging down the Calder – My family photo & memory x1
1974
Avril – at Milheugh x1
1977
Sunday walks to the Calder – My cine video & memoriesx1
1978
Milheugh Bridge – Views in the 1970s x2
Greenhall Nature Trail – created by women x3
1980
Crossbasket Castle – sent in by G Cook x1
1983
Remembering Greenhall Part 1 – by Hugh & Matt Nicholson x1
1990
Malcomwood Farm – cutting hay in the fields x1
1996
A725 Expressway from Basket – A photo by Robert Stewartx1
1998
Milheugh Bridge – photos x3
1999
Niaroo – photos x2
Milheugh Falls – Calder x4
2000
Climbing the Greenhall Viaduct – By Alex of Spittal Terrace x2
2008
The Lindsay Hill or Brae – History of Lindsay Hill or Brae x1
Tunnel under the Expressway – The A725 culvert tunnel x1
2009
Greenhall Lime Pits -Mining history at Greenhall x1
Winter walk at Greenhall – In the snow with dogs x1
Electrical Conductors – at Greenhall in the trees x1
2010
The Wooden Milheugh Bridge – near falls x1
Frozen , Snowy Milheugh – at Calder Falls x1
Walking to Snowy Greenhall – by Louise Walker x4
2012
Crossbasket Pre Renovation – Photo by I Veverka x2
2013
Greenhall gets some attention – Council clean up the area x13
Fun times – at Milheugh x1
2014
The Wee Greenhall Plaque – In park, put up by Jim Brownx3
Crossbasket Nursery – The new Nursery school at Crossbasket x2
Greenhall Park Permanently Shut? – Problems with a Bollard! x4
Crossing Lee Burn at Allers – Stone Arch Bridge across from Allersx1
Beechnuts at Stoneymeadow Road – Trees pictured at junction x1
Clare’s Spooky Milheugh tale – Ghostly noises at Milheughx1
Greenhall Orchard Apples – Fruit trees on way to Milheugh x2
Wee Yanni Pool, Crossbasket – Carvings at the Riverside x3
Wee Yanni Pool, An Explanation – Possible carvings explanation x2
Greenhall October Colours – Autumnal photos by Andy Bain x2
Crossbasket Promotional Picture – Crossbasket Castle promotion x1
Sneak Preview of Crossbasket Castle – First look inside the buildingx14
Crossbasket Nursery officially opened – by Mitchell Kinnen x3
Crossbasket Tapestry – Decor in the first room to be renovated x1
Greenhall Autum Colours – November photos by Robert Stewart x2
Crossbasket Castle – Aerial view taken in May 14 x1
Crossbasket Castle – December 2014 renovation update x6
2015
Milheugh Path Deterioration – erosion from the river x1
The Calder Snows Melt – photos by Jim Crossan x3
Milheugh Estate – Winter snow melts away x2
Milheugh Wooden Channel – wastewater channel x6
Greenhall Carpet of Crocus – Springtime by A Bain x1
Lady Nancy Horse – ghostly tale from J McIntosh x1
Cocksburn Culvert – from the Letterick side x4
Cocksburn Culvert – From Greenhall side x6
The Flag Bridge – Culvert photos x4
Crossbasket Castle – Library Renovation x2
Milheugh Redwood Trees – Day out at the Calder x1
Milheugh Wooden Fences – Vandalism x4
Doon the Cawther – wi Elizabeth Weaver x4
Mole Earth – To enhance your garden x1
Greenhall Tree – of life in the park x1
Greenhall Estate – beautiful photos x3
Milheugh – flooded out x3
Greenhall – in the Springtime x2
Redwoods – at Milheugh x4
2016
In time – video by Andy Mcgregor x1
Greenhall – and Milheugh Walk x6
The Milheugh Mole – photo x1
Greenhall – tidy up x3
Calder Drone – photo x1
Greenhall – Calder in June x16
Ground Investigation – at Shott x1
Autumnal Colours – Greenhall x1
Calder horse – by Jim Brown x1
2017
Greenhall Village – Avant homes new development x1
Greenhall Park – Tree Felling
Greenhall Woodland Walk – Farewell trees 13th August x12
Calder – new woodland trees x1
Greenhall Felling – trees extracted x10
2018
Spoon Find – at the Calder x2
Youngs at the Falls – Film x1
2019
Steps for Stan – lost steps found! x1
Plaque unveiled – at Greenhall x5
2020
Old Coach Road – evidence x4
Alpacas at Greenhall – photo x1
Keira Climbs to New heights – pillars x3
2021
Greenhall Railings – park x1
Greenhall Eastern Entrance – Greenhall Village x1
2022
Frozen Calder – Icy temperatures x1
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