Here’s something interesting. An old, long forgotten place in Blantyre near the Village. On John Thomspons 1832 Atlas of Scotland map, is a place named ‘Clayhouse’ on the road which became Station Road. In 1832 this was the main thoroughfare down to Blantyre Works Village. The building is substantial enough to be separately shown on […]
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Clayhouse, Blantyre
Whilst looking at a less common map of 1832, I noticed with some surprise a name that is not used in Blantyre anymore. Clayhouse appears on Station Road, approximately beside where the Village Bar would be. This is somewhat of a mystery to me, and has proven most difficult to research. Not only are […]