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It has been previously written in 2004 by a respected late Blantyre author that Blantyre had 26 farms. Unfortunately, this is something I don’t agree with. Within Blantyre Parish, I’m proposing there were actually 38 farms. Listing them in alphabetical order, there were/are as follows: 1 Auchentibber Farm 2 Bardykes Farm 3 Barnhill Farm 4 Barnhill Wee Farm 5 […]
I’m posting this just as a reference aid for anybody interesting in Blantyre Farms. Thanks to Jim Cochrane for supplying this little list of Blantyre Farms, which although not exhaustive of all farms, certainly provides a great record of the owners of many of them at the turn of the 20th Century.
Thank you to Jim Cochrane for sharing this photo of Calderside Farm. Taken in the 1950’s, Jim was able to give me some more information meaning I could update my article about Calderside Farm, here http://blantyreproject.com/2014/09/17/calderside-farm-pits-auchentibber/ Jim told me, “the house dates back to 1825, but the buildings around it are much older, dating between […]