The following details a boundary dispute in 1766 between William Buchannan and John Clark landowners at Little Udston. This was a time when Blantyre was vert rural, before even Blantyre Mills and when the population was just over 500 people. The matter was set out in a legal document (printed below for reference) and can […]
You may recall i recently posted about John Clark Forrest (JCF) an eminent man in Blantyre during the mid 1800s. You can read about him here and how his name was used (and his wife’s) to name several Blantyre streets. http://blantyreproject.com/2013/11/16/john-clark-forrest/ I was recently contacted by email from Mr Alex McKee, who believes JCF was […]