Warning, This story has content that some people may find upsetting. In March 1914, Miss Jeannie Stratton came out her farm home at Mavis Mill, on the boundary of Blantyre and Cambuslang and met a horrific sight. That first Sunday of March, under the root of a large tree on the riverbank of the Calder, […]
I’ve been looking at the previous owners and occupiers of Mavis Mill, near Priory Bridge. First built around 1770 by Alexander Corse, the mill was occupied by Charles Weir at that time. For whatever reason, the mill has changed hands many times over the centuries. In 1841, The Forrests were the millers at that location. […]
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 […]