In 1838, an argument raged between a Mr Wallace who lived downstream of Blantyre and with Messrs Henry Monteith & Co, the owners of Blantyre Mills. The problem was that Monteith had fully dammed the Clyde, by upgrading the weir and suddenly downstream, where once had hundreds of years of Salmon thriving, were now suddenly […]
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Blantyre Weir Work
1870 Crossbasket Castle
This interesting photo has been colorised by David Kelly. Shared here on Blantyre Project is Crossbasket Castle photographed whilst James Clark owned the property in 1870. The photo is one of the only pictures existing of Crossbasket Castle, before the later mid section, (Georgian mansion house) was built upon, giving the property a higher and […]
Mid Letterick Farm & Mill
Letterick, is an area immediately to the north of Greenhall, but just out the Parish boundary. It is still close enough though to Blantyre to be considered part of this area and feels closer to Blantyre than East Kilbride. It is accessed from the Dalton Road, leading off from Stoneymeadow. A mill stood on the […]