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This great photo was shared by James Waddell to one of the Cambuslang pages earlier this week. I believe it is the old toll house at Stoneymeadow junction, just outside of High Blantyre. By 1793, applications were approved for a Tollhouse to be created on the Turnpike road at the Dalton Junction of Stoneymeadow Road, […]
This photo is from the Hamilton Advertiser 28th November 1953, and the caption read, “The bare branches of trees already prepared for the coming of winter provide a frame for the trim, white-washed houses of Stoneymeadow in this picture taken from above the main High Blantyre-East Kilbride road.” Of course this was a time before […]
This photo is from 1953 (was that really 66 years ago?!) Looking down from near “Allers Farm” northwards towards the Dalton junction at Stoneymeadow. The little buildings on the right at the junction are no longer there. At the time, Stoneymeadow Road was the main route from Blantyre to East Kilbride. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with […]
Who remembers the shop at Stoneymeadow junction or the BP filling station next to it? At a time before the EK Expressway, this was on the main road leading up to East Kilbride. The houses still stand today. The scene is either 1950’s or 1960s. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for […]
Taken from the book, “The History of Crossbasket Castle” by Paul Veverka 2015 (c) According to Mr. R.B Walker, (County Clerk in the 1920’s), the General’s bridge, nearby to Crossbasket Estate was of great interest to the seventh Baronet of Calderwood, General Sir William Maxwell, the landowner. This was probably due to his Calderwood Castle […]
Pictured here in 1955 (courtesy of the late Neil Gordon’s book) is the Chieftain bus at Stoneymeadow Road at the Dalton Junction. The bus is heading towards Blantyre. Laurie of Hamilton , the proprietors of the Chieftain Buses, ran a service from Hamilton, along High Blantyre Road, Burnbank, Main Street, High Blantyre and up […]
The name ‘Crossbasket’ is in relation to the Tower, the Estate and tied lands. The name ‘Basket’, being a sub part of these lands. The name “Crossbasket” likely took it name from ‘Basket Cross’, an ancient stone cross which once stood a small distance from the tower. It was often spelled “Korsbas”, or “Korsebasket”. Near the […]