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 […]
On Friday 10th November 1939, forty seven year old Alexander McFarlane was killed at Blantyre’s Priory Bridge. The man who resided at 21 Craig Street had been walking home and was killed outright when run down by a stray motor car. The scene was at the old Priory Bridge crossing the River Calder from Blantyre […]
Noticing something peculiar on the Blantyre 1747 map, I was intrigued to see a place clearly marked very prominently in Blantyre, that is no longer there. Nothing too unusual about that for there were many houses that are now gone. However, this place wasn’t just a house, but was an AREA of Blantyre that has […]
Blantyre Priory is probably about the oldest monument our town has. I’ve been fascinated by the old building for quite some time and finally got round to investigating something i’d intended to for a long time. Just who on earth actually was responsible for destroying much of the Priory, even from beautiful adequate ruins pictured […]
You may have read or heard about the possibility of a Tunnel that used to run below the Blantyre Priory and Bothwell Castle. We eluded to this previously in our article http://blantyreproject.com/2012/11/01/bothwell-to-blantyre-tunnel/ where a Victorian Account detailed that a tunnel in the form of a vaulted passageway used to exist, but would suggest that even […]
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 […]
A complete list of the Priors that lived in and around the Blantyre Priory. In order. Friar William About A. D. 1296 Walter, Prior of Blantyre About A. D. 1340 John of Eglinton About A. D. 1380 William Forfar About A. D. 1430 Dominus William Fresell About A. D. 1451 Dominus William Bassindene About A. […]