At High Blantyre Cross behind a large stone wall, is the old Blantyre Kirkyard, once the location of a church. At a time before the building of the present church, a previous church once stood in the middle of this kirkyard. This incredible photo shows the demolition of that former small church in the kirkyard […]
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The 1747 High Blantyre Map
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 […]