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The Hartfield Toad, 1907

A somewhat curious find was uncovered in an Auchentibber Quarry in mid August 1907. At Hartfield, Auchentibber the workforce of builder William Kerr were working in the leased quarry. They were about 35 down lifting stone out and up to ground level when the strange affair took place. Upon lifting a large boulder out, they […]

Auchentibber – Brief origins of the name

Auchentibber, is a hamlet, one of the original fermetouns of Blantyre in the Parish of Blantyre, Middle ward of the county of Lanark; which in 1846 contained 73 inhabitants. It is situated in the south western part of the Parish, on high ground above Sydes Brae, and on the west, the Rotten-Calder water forms the boundary, […]