Gordon Cook sent me this photo in January, which was taken in the High Blantyre kirkyard, within the stone perimeter wall, on the inside right of the gates. The picture was shared to see if anybody knew what the stone could be? (If anybody definitively knows, please get in contact) Using some computer trickery, Gordon […]
Letterick, is an area immediately to the north of Greenhall, but just out the Parish boundary. It is still close enough though to Blantyre to be considered part of this area and feels closer to Blantyre than East Kilbride. It is accessed from the Dalton Road, leading off from Stoneymeadow. A mill stood on the […]
Looking at Jean Claude Nattes, 1799 sketch of Priory Bridge, I was surprised to see a house sitting by the bridge on the North West Side. I know this not to be the Bardykes Mill, which was located in the river canyon itself, so what was this mysterious, old house in the field beyond the […]
It is with sincere thanks to Gordon Cook and with his permission via Alex Rochead, that I have been permitted to share this previously unseen photograph of Millheugh Bridge, at the bottom of the Pech Brae. Although there’s no date on it, I’m confident from features on old maps showing the nearby mill(s) that it […]
Was a former grand, detached house occupied by the managers of Blantyre works throughout the late 18th Century, the 19th Century and into the early 20th Century. The superior stone dwelling situated in Blantyre Village adjacent to Shuttle Row, sat isolated and detached in the field, with land and the property itself belonging to the […]
On 17th August 1923, the Blantyre Police made a grim discovery. Their search for a Mrs O Brien ended in the worst possible manner when her body was found in the mill lade , leading off the River Clyde. Mrs O Brien had been missing since the previous Friday. The discovery was made by James […]
The Mavis Mill was a medium sized mill located at Spittal, between Priory Bridge and the former Spittal Pit/ Doonins. The mill was first occupied by Charles Weir in 1770, around the same time as larger mills on the Calder were opened. There aren’t many photographs remaining of the mill, but we have uncovered this […]