Stonefield (Hastie’s Ferme) The former farm of Stonefield is more commonly remembered in modern times as being “Hastie’s Farm”, but its roots go back further than the Hastie family. Constructed in the 1810’s, the farm is later than some other older farms like Blantyre Farm, Auchinraith (Burnbrae) Farm, Coatshill, Croftfoot or Calderside. The […]
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1897 New Station Road
Looking at a map of 1897, I noticed something peculiar. John Street, the road leading off Glasgow Road next to the Sports centre, was NOT called John Street at the time. In fact, it is clearly marked on the 1897 map (which I’ve highlighted with red dots), as “New Station Road“. The street did not […]