A few other Blantyre stories of events which were happening in April 1896, some 127 years ago. Miners were worried about the lack of coal being extracted and a downturn in work. Though they were still kept on in employment, wagons stood empty in some collieries, where they had once been queued full. In one […]
How about a spooky story next?! This is in two parts, the short version (taken from a much larger paper about the Lords Blantyre). First part today, continued tomorrow. Our tale is set in Blantyre 357 years ago….. BLANTYRE PRIORY – HAUNTED BY THE OLD MONKS? While living at his mansion house in Cardonald […]
This is the Blantyre Monument, but it’s NOT in Blantyre. It’s a Monument near Bishopton. The Blantyre Monument sits in a field adjacent to Ferry Road on the way to Erskine and is in memory of Robert Walter Stewart, 11th Lord Blantyre, who lived at nearby Erskine House. A Major-General in the British Army, […]
1st Lord of Blantyre was Walter Stewart who was born before 1565. He was the son of Sir John Stewart of Minto (Provost of Glasgow and commandant of the castle of that town). He was the only son to the Sir John’s 2nd marriage to Maragret Stewart. He was educated, along with his cousins King […]
Lennoxlove is the family estate of Lord Blantyre. Lennoxlove House in Haddington, anciently called Lethington, was at one time the seat of the Lords of Blantyre. The original tower belonged to the Maitland family from 1345 and was the birthplace of John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (1616-82). The property was purchased in 1702 for Alexander, […]
Pictured here exclusively on Blantyre Project are photos by Gordon Cook from the early 1980s, showing Kirkton Cemetery at High Blantyre Cross. These show the only known photos I have seen of Lord Blantyre’s Crypt on the east side of the cemetery adjacent to Douglas Street. The crypt itself was removed above ground when the […]
Although this building sits away through in Renfrew, it is worth mentioning here given the Blantyre connections. In 1703, Alexander Stewart, 5th Lord Blantyre purchased the barony of Erskine. Robert Walter Stewart, the 11th Lord Blantyre demolished the old mansion on Eriskine Estate and constructed the present Erskine House between 1828 and 1845. Sir Robert […]