This photo is a little ripped but the place, time and people are known. On the back it says, “Men from the Village”. The Year is also marked as 1925 and the location? Of course, its Blantyre Priory near the edge of the River Clyde opposite Bothwell Castle. In fact Bothwell Castle can be seen […]
The following is an extract from “A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland” which was written in 1846 by Samuel Lewis. Of importance, this detailed account of Blantyre’s Hamlets was well before the discovery of coal and details sleepy, small villages that weren’t all joined together yet. Auchinraith, a hamlet, in the parish of Blantyre, Middle ward […]