I’ve been fortunate to been sent by Mr Jack Daniels, extracts from the journal of English born, Miss Mary Berry, a well travelled writer who lived from 1763 to 1852. For nearly 70 years of her life she visited many foreign places, writing daily about her experiences. She often visited Bothwell to see her friend […]
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Female Amateur of Carpentry
In the late 1700’s, a prominent Blantyre family named Miller lived in Millheugh, in the grand house on the banks of the Calder River (pictured here in 1910 at the falls). Professor Miller and D Baillie, minister of Bothwell were great friends and the families shared the closest of kinship. Janet Miller, one of […]

