Kirklea Cottage – was a former cottage on the south side of Main Street, which had address 75 and 77 Main Street. It was located on the Main Street itself and was situated at Auchinraith between Bellsfield and Birdsfield Farm. Mr. John Craig of Bellsfield built it between 1895 and 1898. By 1905 Mr […]
Ah, my home area of High Blantyre. This section of the 1747 map is perhaps the most populated. Of all the 500 people or so living in Blantyre in 1747, most of them lived around the area of Kirkton, Auchinraith and Barnhill. The first thing anybody will notice about this map (with man made objects […]
This remarkable newspaper clipping is from the “Calendonian Mercury” newspaper Wednesday 22nd September 1769. It describes an event that took place 244 years ago tomorrow, on 8th December 1769. Described in that newspaper is the sale or let of the lands of Bellsfield, Birdsfield and Burnbrae (that ultimately became Broompark). After the sale, substantial […]