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“Veverka’s Blantyre Directory – Glasgow Road South”
Homes & Businesses – East to West (1747-2017)
Compiled & Researched by Paul Veverka
South East | South Centre | South West
No | Business | Service | Dates | Owner |
* | Clive Place Public House | Public House & Inn | c1830’s-1861 | George Bruce, wright |
* | Clive Place Public House | Public House & Inn | 1861- 1885 | Janet Craig, widowed wife of Thomas Craig, Spirit merchant |
* | Clive Place Public House | Public House | 1885 – 1903 | Robert Craig, spirit merchant, grandson of Janet Craig |
* 283 / 285 | The Old Original Bar | Public House & cellar | 1903 – 1917 | Robert Craig, spirit merchant |
* 283 / 285 | The Old Original Bar | Public House & Cellar | 1917 – 1925 | William Francis (Frank) Benham, hardware merchant |
* 283 / 285 | The Old Original Bar | Public House & Cellar | 1926 – c1940’s | James Jones, Traveller of Rutherglen |
* 283 / 285 | The Old Original Bar | Public House & Cellar | c1940’s – 2013 | Other Private owners and Brewers (unknown) |
* 283 / 285 | The Old Original Bar | Public House & Cellar | 2013 – present | Punch Partnership Ltd |
287 | Homes above Public House | 2 upper flats | 1903 – 1917 | Robert Craig, spirit merchant |
287 | Homes above Public House | 2 upper flats | 1917 – 1925 | William Francis (Frank) Benham, hardware merchant |
287 | Homes above Public House | 2 upper flats | 1926 – c1940’s | James Jones, Traveller of Rutherglen |
287 | Homes above Public House | 2 upper flats | c1940’s – present | Other Private owners (unknown) |
Stonefield Cottage | Detached home | c1830’s-c1910 | Coats Family (Elizabeth, John, Margaret, William) | |
289 | Stonefield Cottage | Detached home | c1910-early 1920’s | Miss Isabella Jackson |
289 | Stonefield Cottage | Detached home | Early 1920’s – late 1940’s | Mrs Annie McGeachie, shopkeeper |
289 | Stonefield Cottage (then demolished & rebuilt in 1959) | Detached home | 1949 – 1959 | Mr. Stewart |
289 | Stonefield Cottage (new) | Detached home | 1959-1983 | Stewart family |
289 | Stonefield Cottage (new) | Detached house | 1983 – present | Privately owned by unknown others |
* | Westneuk (Stonefield House) | Concert Hall | c1840’s-1859 | Hugh McPherson then from early 1850’s, his trustees. |
Stonefield House (formerly Westneuk Concert Hall) | 2 houses | 1859-c1880’s | McPherson Family | |
291 / 293 | Stonefield House (formerly Westneuk) | 4 houses | c1880’s-c1925 | Hamilton, Brandon McDougall of Kirn |
291 / 293 | Stonefield House (formerly Westneuk) | 4 houses | c1925-1935 | Nellie McDougall |
* | Vacant land | Vacant | 1935-1938 | County Council of Lanark |
* 291 | Community Centre | Community Centre | 1938 – 2005 | County Council of Lanark, later Strathclyde Council then South Lanarkshire Council. |
Mayberry Grange | Residential Flats | 2006-present | Unknown owners. | |
Stonefield Tram Terminus (The Story of Blantyre Trams) | Tram Terminal Point | 1903 – 1930 | Hamilton, Motherwell, Wishaw & Hamilton Tram Company Ltd |
295 | Roselea Cottage | Bungalow | 1921 – 1956 | John Richardson (d1956) |
295 | Roselea Cottage | Bungalow | 1956 – 1957 | Chrissie Dyer (daughter of John Richardson) |
295 | Roselea Cottage | Bungalow | 1957 – 1977 | Jock & Jean Richardson (Jock d 1977) |
295 | Roselea Cottage | Bungalow | 1977 – 1986 | Richardson Family |
295 | Roselea Cottage | Bungalow | 1986 – now | Jimmy (janitor) and Unknown others |
* 295 | Roselea small Garage & sheds | Workshop , petrol pumps and sheds | 1921 – 1956 | John Richardson (d1956) |
* 295 | Roselea small Garage & sheds | Workshop, petrol pumps and sheds | 1956 – 1957 | Chrissie Dyer |
* 295 | Roselea Modern Garage with forecourt (old garage demolished) | Garage, petrol pumps & lockups | 1957 – 1977 | Jock & Jean Richardson (Jock d1977) |
* 295 | Roselea Modern Garage, MOT Centre & Forecourt | Garage, petrol pumps and lockups | 1977 – now | Richardson Family, overseen by George Richardson (son of Jock) from 1983. |
* | Innes Blacksmiths | Blacksmiths at rear of garage | c 1970’s | Mr. Innes, blacksmith renting from Jock and Jean Richardson |
Rowan Place | 1-23 houses | 1957 – now | County Council, Starthclyde Council then South Lanarkshire Council | |
313 | Eastern Bungalow | Bungalow | c1950’s – now | Mr. French & Unknown Owners |
Arnot (number allocated in 1910’s) | Detached Villa | c1906-early 1910’s | William Coats, of Blantyreferme | |
315 | Arnot | Detached Villa | Early 1910’s – early 1930’s | Margaret Coats & her trustees from early 1920’s |
315 | Arnot | Detached Villa | Early 1930’s – WW2 years | Helen & Margaret Weir (retired) |
315 | Arnot | Detached Villa | Late 1940’s – now | Marion Young & Unknown owners |
315a | Western Bungalow | Bungalow | c1950’s – now | Averell Family |
Brownlea Cottages (Jeanfield) | 2 storey semi detached houses | c1869 – early 1880s | Robert Lindsay, bookseller | |
297 / 299 | Brownlea Cottages (was 297 and 299 Glasgow Road until 1930) | 2 storey semi detached houses | Early 1880’s – 1900 | Penelope Gait Renfrew of Muir Street, Hamilton |
297 / 299 | Brownlea Cottages (was 297 and 299 Glasgow Rd until 1930) | 2 storey semi detached houses | 1900 – c1918 | John G Johston of Glasgow then William Johnstone his trustee |
297 / 299 | Brownlea Cottages (was 297 and 299 Glasgow Rd until 1930) | 2 storey semi detached houses | c1918 –early 1920’s | Joseph Hughes |
297 / 299 | Brownlea Cottages (was 297 and 299 Glasgow Rd until 1930 when road widened) | 2 storey semi detached houses | Early 1920’s – late 1920’s | Alexander & Ellen Struthers |
319 | Brownlea Cottage (was 297) | One side of 2 storey semi | Late 1920’s – 1940’s | Alexander Struthers (retired) |
321 | Brownlea Cottage (was 299) | Other side of 2 storey semi | Late 1920’s – 1940’s | Thomas Little, works manager |
323 | Korek (Brownlie House was 301) | East side of 2 storey semi | c1869-early 1880’s | Robert Lindsay, bookseller |
323 | Korek (Brownlie House was 301) | East side of 2 storey semi | Early 1880’s – 1900 | Penelope Galt Renfrew of Muir Street, Hamilton |
323 | Korek (Brownlie House was 301) | East side of 2 storey semi | 1900-c1918 | John G Johnston of Glasgow then William Johnston his trustee |
323 | Korek (Brownlie House was 301) | East side of 2 storey semi | c1918-mid 1920’s | John F Dott |
323 | Korek (Brownlie House was 301) | East side of 2 storey semi | mid 1920’s -1941 | Mary Cumming Izett, spinster |
323 | Korek (Brownlie House was 301) | East side of 2 storey semi | 1941-present | William Izett & family then unknown others |
325 | Blairhoyle (Brownlie House was 303) | West side of 2 Storey semi | c1869 – early 1880’s | Robert Lindsay, bookseller |
325 | Blairhoyle (Brownlie House was 303) | West side of 2 Storey semi | Early 1880’s – 1895 | Penelope Galt Renfrew of Muir Street, Hamilton |
325 | Blairhoyle (Brownlie House was 303) | West side of 2 Storey semi | 1895 – c1900 | Mrs. Young, Cambuslang |
325 | Blairhoyle (Brownlie House was 303) | West side of 2 Storey semi | c1900-c1918 | John G Johnston of Glasgow then William Johnston his trustee. |
325 | Blairhoyle (Brownlie House was 303) | West side of 2 storey semi | c1918-c1940’s | Jean G Smith, wife of teacher Quintin Smith |
325 | Blairhoyle (Brownlie House was 303) | West side of 2 storey semi | c1940’s – present | Unknown owners |
327 | Clifton (Moraig was 305) | Detached villa | c1902- c1910 | William G Robertson, bricklayer of SA. |
327 | Clifton (Hilden was 305) | Detached villa | c1910-1917 | Thomas Devaney, spirit merchant |
327 | Clifton (Hilden was 305) | Detached villa | 1917-early 1920’s | Robert Colquhoun |
327 | Clifton (Hilden was 305) | Detached villa | Early 1920’s-c1950’s | Dugald M Norris, grocer |
327 | Clifton (was 305) | Detached villa | c1950’s-present | Unknown owners |
329 | Laurel Cottage (was 307) | Detached villa | c1903-late 1920’s | Richard McCall |
329 | Laurel Cottage (was 307) | Detached villa | Late 1920’s-c1940’s | John G Johnston, draper |
329 | Laurel Cottage (was 307) | Detached villa | c1940’s – present | Unknown owners |
331 / 333 | Oakbank (was 309 and 311) | Semi Detached | c1903-1910 | Thomas Crombie, builder |
331 / 333 | Oakbank (was 309 and 311) | Semi Detached | 1910-early 1920’s | Hannah Crombie, widow of Thomas Crombie, builder |
331 / 333 | Oakbank (was 309 and 311) | Semi Detached | Early 1920’s-late 1920’s | John Stirling McCallum, merchant |
331 / 333 | Oakbank (was 309 and 311) | Semi detached | Late 1920’s – c1930 | |
331 | Oakbank East (was 309) | Semi detached | c1930 – present | James Pate, surface foreman then unknown others |
333 | Oakbank West (was 311) | Semi detached | Late 1920’s – present | John McCallum then Unknown others |
335 /337 | Modern Homes | 2 storey semi detached | 1980’s – present | Unknown owners |
339 | Modern Home | 1.5 storey detached | Late 1980’s – present | Unknown owners |
341 / 343 | Campsie View (was 313 and 315) | Semi detached | 1903-1906 | George Bowie, miner |
341 / 343 | Campsie View (was 313 and 315) | Semi detached | 1906-1931 | Williamson Bowie, widow, wife of George Bowie, miner |
341 / 343 | Campsie View (was 313 and 315) | Semi detached | 1931-late 1930’s | John Bowie, son of Williamson and George Bowie |
341 / 343 | Campsie View (was 313 and 315) | Semi detached | Late 1930’s – present | Unknown owners |
345 | Daldorch (was 317) | East side of Semi detached | 1907-1931 | Williamson & Jane Bowie |
345 | Daldroch (was 317) | East side of Semi detached | 1931-late 1930’s | John Bowie, son of Williamson and George Bowie |
345 | Daldorch (was 317) | East side of Semi detached | Late 1930’s – present | Unknown owners |
347 | Dalveen (was 319) | West side of Semi detached | 1907 –Late 1920’s | Williamson Bowie & Jane Bowie |
347 | Dalveen (was 319) | West side of Semi detached | Late 1920’s – late 1930’s | John Bowie |
347 | Dalveen (was 319) | West side of Semi detached | Late 1930’s – present | Unknown onwers |
349 | Dunedin (was 321) | Semi detached | c1907-early 1930’s | Gavin Semple, builder of Auchinriath |
349 | Dunedin (was 321) | Semi detached | Early 1930’s-c1950’s | William S Hamilton, newsagent |
349 | Dunedin (was 321) | Semi detached | c1950’s – present | Unknown owners |
351 | Orwell (was 323) | Semi detached | c1907-c1910 | Gavin Semple, builder of Auchinraith |
351 | Orwell (was 323) | Semi detached | c1910-c1940’s | Grace McCallum, widowed spirit merchant who remarried David Livingstone Harley |
351 | Orwell (renamed to Larchmont, was 323) | Semi detached | c1940’s – present | Unknown owners |
Dunallan Loop | Tram passing point | 1903-1930 | Hamilton, Motherwell, Wishaw & Hamilton Tram Company Ltd |
353 – 367 | Modern Flats | 8 Homes | 1990’s – now | Unknown owners |
401 – 423 | Walkers Buildings (Eastern side was 321-329 before 1930) | 12 homes | c1877 -1878 | J&J Walker, (Blantyre joiners) |
401 – 423 | Walker’s Buildings (Eastern side was 321-329 before 1930) | 12 homes | 1878-c1895 | Adam Thomson, of Castle Douglas |
401 – 423 | Walker’s Buildings (Eastern side was 321-329 before 1930) | 12 homes | c1895-early 1920’s | Robert McVane (Trustee of Adam Thomson) |
401 – 423 | Walker’s Buildings (Eastern side was 321-329 before 1930) Demolished c1952 | 12 homes | Early 1920’s – early 1950’s | John McLellan of Castle Douglas (Trustee of Adam Thomson) |
425 – 441 | Walker’s Buildings (Western side was 337-351 before 1930) | 6 houses | c1877-1878 | J&J Walker, (Blantyre joiners) |
425 – 441 | Walker’s Buildings (Western side was 337-351 before 1930) | 6 houses | 1878-1952 | John Whelan (teacher) of Bathgate |
* | Duncan MacFarlane’s Grocers (Walker’s Building later became 427) | Grocery Shop | c1878-c1895 | John Whelan (teacher) of Bathgate |
* | Janet Paterson’s Grocers (Walkers Building later became 427) | Grocery Shop | c1895-c1905 | John Whelan (teacher) of Bathgate |
* | Elizabeth Smith’s Grocers (Walker’s Building later became 427) | Grocery Shop | c1905-c1915 | John Whelan (teacher) of Bathgate |
* | James McCartney Grocers (Walker’s Building later became 427) | Grocery Shop | c1915-c1920 | John Whelan (teacher) of Bathgate |
* 427 | Robert Craig Blacksmiths (Walker’s Building) | Blacksmith’s shop | c1920-c1930 | John Whelan (retired teacher) of Bathgate |
* 427 | Richard B Morris’s Grocery (Walker’s Building) | Grocery Shop | c1930-1952 | John Whelan (retired teacher) of Bathgate |
* | Volunteer Arms Pub (sometimes The Cross Guns, Walkers Building was 325 / 327 Glasgow Road until 1930) | Public House | c1877-late 1920’s | John Whelan (teacher) of Bathgate rented out to William Roberts, Archibald Jamieson, Charles Angus McGaughcy, Charles & Annie Cook & then Annie Wilson |
* 435 / 437 | Hall, (formerly Volunteer Arms Public House, Walkers Building was 325/327 until 1930) | Hall | Late 1920’s – 1952 | John Whelan (retired teacher) of Bathgate |
443 – 457 | Causeway Shott Place (357-357 later Douglas Place) | 6 homes in 2 storey tenement | 1877 – c1878 | J&J Walker (Joiners) |
443 – 457 | Causeway Shott Place (353-357 later Douglas Place) | 2 stroey tenement of 6 homes | c1878 – early 1890’s | Walter Wheeling, merchant of Hamilton |
443 – 457 | Douglas Place (formerly Causeway Shott Place at 353-357, changed to 443-457 after 1930) | 2 storey tenement of 12 homes | Early 1890’s – late 1920’s | David Orr, Grocer, Hamilton |
443 – 457 | Douglas Place (formerly Causeway Shott Place at 353-357, changed to 443-457 after 1930) | 2 storey tenement of 12 homes | Late 1920’s –early 1940’s | Trustees of the late David Orr, Grocer, Hamilton |
Cloudhowe Terrace | 24 Double Storey Homes | 1953 – present | County Council, Strathclyde Regional Council, South Lanarkshire Council and Private owners | |
* 487 – 501 | Westend Place & Public House | Double Storey Tenement & Pub | 1877 – 1895 | Robert & Margaret Craig, spirit merchants, Blantyre |
* 487 – 501 | Westend Place & Public House | Double Storey Tenement & Pub | 1895 – 1917 | Robert Craig, Spirit Merchant |
* 487 – 501 | Westend Place & Public House | Double Storey Tenement & Pub | 1917 – 1925 | William Francis Benham, trustee of Robert Craig |
* 487 – 501 | Westend Place & Public House | Double Storey Tenement & Pub | 1925 – 1929 | John Anderson Gray, trustee of Robert Craig |
* 487 – 501 | Westend Place & The West End Bar | Double Storey Tenement & Public House | 1929 – 1947 | Robert Craig Junior & John Anderson Gray 50% each |
* 487 – 501 | Westend Place & The West End Bar | Double Storey Tenement & Public House | 1947 – 1979 | Elizabeth Currie MacNeil (w), spirit merchant |
* 487 | Jameson Newsagents (formerly McGlynn’s Hairdressers in 1960’s) | Shop (Westend Place) | 1971 – c1970’s | Ercole Di Vito |
* 487 | Hughes Photography (formerly Jameson Newsagents) | Shop (Westend Place) | c1970’s – 1982 | Di Vito Family |
* 487 | Di Vitos Fish & Chip Shop | Chip Shop | 1982 – present | Di Vito Family |
* 489 – 501 | Westend Place & The West End Bar | Homes & Public House | 1979 – 1991 | Mary Josephine MacNeil |
501 | Westend Place flat above pub | Upper flat | 1991 – present | Christine MacNeil , Troon & Others |
* 489 – 499 | Westend Place & Public House (except for 1 upper flat and shop) | Homes & Public House | 1991 – 1995 | Annie Winifred McGhie of 497 Glasgow Road and to Joseph MacNeil 50% share |
* 489 – 497 | Westend Place | Upper flat | 1995 – present | Joseph MacNeil of Priory Bridge & others |
* 493 | West End Bar | Public House | 1995 – 2008 | Equally Rosemary MacNeil, and Elizabeth Ann Campbell both of Priory Bridge, Catherine Clark of Calderglen, Mary Josephine McGhie of Halfway and Felix MacNeil of Jura Gardens |
* 493 | West End Bar | Public House | 2008 – present | Maura McLaughlin & brother Mick McCormack as licensees for brewers. |
Bardykes Grove | Private Homes built by Wimpey | 1994 – present | Private Owners | |
Caldergrove Estate | House, Offices and 2 lodge houses | c1830’s – 1983 | Various Private Owners | |
Bardykes Mill (Black Mill or Priory Mill) & Millers House | Corn, then Saw Mill on River Calder | c18th Century – c1880 | Jackson Family of Spittal | |
Priory Bridge | Bridge | c17th Century (possibly earlier) – present | Unknown Owners |
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