I hope you like this photo. Previously unseen online it was taken around 1900 right on the Blantyre Parish Boundary. A group of late Victorian figures stand, finely dressed on the banks of the river which would eventually become the Lido. This was a time before trams. No tram standards on the bridge yet and […]
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1847 Bothwell Bridge
This is of course Bothwell Bridge. Photographed from the Bothwell side looking across to the opposing riverbank which would in time become the lido park, later the expressway. An engraving by Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, the bridge had been remodelled only a couple of decades earlier, widening it, making it more level and removing a large […]
Battle of Bothwell Bridge
The Battle of Bothwell Bridge, or Bothwell Brig, took place on 22 June 1679. It was fought between government troops and militant Presbyterian Covenanters, and signalled the end of their brief rebellion. The battle took place at the bridge over the River Clyde in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire near Bothwell in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The battlefield has been included […]
Bothwell Bridge, 19th Century
This next picture could be 140 years old! It’s an amazing, rare view of Bothwell Bridge viewed from the Bothwell side. The new stonework of the widened bridge, still looks light and clean and traffic…..was obviously light that day! What a completely different way of life from today! Friend and fellow history colleague, Gordon Cook […]
Battle of Bothwell Bridge
A superb, rare 19th century engraving of “The Battle of Bothwell Bridge“. I first saw this on the “Lost Houses of the Clyde Valley” Facebook page, run by Christine Wallace. The engraving was done in 1850 and may include some artistic license of the battle which took place in 1679. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. […]
Bothwell Bridge Scene 1890s
Bothwell Bridge
These images show Bothwell Bridge in Edwardian times. Taken around 1900, they show the bridge colourised. A sleepy rural scene, prior to trams, prior to motorised vehicles, a horse being watered at the river. The other colourised lantern slide is perhaps ever so slightly older. Finally, a Bothwell Masonic Penny shows the older bridge, […]