Going back 100 years with this photo of the General’s Bridge on Stoneymeadow Road, High Blantyre. Not quite as impressive as the Gothic arch below but a charming photo nonetheless. It was colourised to make a postcard at the time. The bridge spans the Rotten Calder River with Crossbasket Estate on the right hand side. […]
On Monday 16th January 1967, the first phase of the EK Expressway was still being constructed and as normal, traffic coming from East Kilbride could only get into Blantyre by the Stoneymeadow Road, the quickest route at the time. That day, a lorry driver sped down the Stoneymeadow Road heading towards Blantyre and his […]
One of the most beautiful bridges in Blantyre, still relatively unspoiled since it was built, is the General’s Bridge over the River Calder at Crossbasket. Stoneymeadow Road (the old Toll Road) runs over the top. This high resolution postcard from 1910 shows the bridge in all its glory with its magnificent gothic arch, a […]
A lone figure stands on top of Generals’ Bridge on Stoneymeadow Road around 1910. The scene today still looks very rural, but the trees themselves very different. Significant tree felling took place along Stoneymeadow Road around the time of the first world war. This colourised photo shows Autumnal colours. On social media: Jane Clacy Walked this road […]
Taken from the book, “The History of Crossbasket Castle” by Paul Veverka 2015 (c) According to Mr. R.B Walker, (County Clerk in the 1920’s), the General’s bridge, nearby to Crossbasket Estate was of great interest to the seventh Baronet of Calderwood, General Sir William Maxwell, the landowner. This was probably due to his Calderwood Castle […]
1790 – The East Kilbride to Hamilton Turnpike Road (later to become known as Stoneymeadow Road) was built., completed in 1791. This important road connected several local villages and would have been a main road of its time. General Thomas Peter (then only a Captain) was involved with the company who built the road. […]
A photo from Alex Rochead, dating from 2004/2005, when the grounds of Crossbasket were fairly neglected. Pictured from the boundary of the Crossbasket Castle grounds is “The General’s Bridge”. In recent months I’ve been forced to change my opinion about whom this was built for. Commonly thought to be Liuet General Peter, I am now swayed […]