Our suggestion that there was a stable or small field opposite the Toll House on Glasgow Road is an interesting one and needed further investigation. At a time before any elderly recollections and not previously written about, this book explores these old 19th Century group of buildings, which during the 1850’s were the only buildings […]
Just over 107 years ago, John Davidson, miner, Coats Land, Blantyre and Daniel McGuire, miner, Dixon’s Row, Blantyre were charged at Hamilton Sheriff Court with attempting to break into the Stonefield Tavern, Glasgow Road, Blantyre on Tuesday morning of the 6th August 1907. Evidence showed that the masonry of the window sill had been smashed […]
With the exception of the oldest part of Crossbasket House, the little cottage at Barnhill is most likely the oldest house still inhabited in Blantyre. Above the door, reads 1536 which if believed is the date the cottage was constructed. Located at the edge of Bardykes Road, this was and still is a prominent feature […]