Welcome to Clydesdale's Heritage
Welcome to Clydesdale's Heritage, a project aimed at encouraging all people to take an active interest in the heritage and history of the Clydesdale area.
This website is one of several initiatives from Lanark and District Archaeology Society (LADAS) to encourage engagement with the history of the region. The project includes lecture programmes, fieldwalks, cataloguing artefacts, inspiring school pupils during talks and presentations, and working with like-minded organisations – with the end goal being to record and preserve the heritage of Clydesdale.
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Cattaneo, Lanark Airshow
postcardA postcard signed by Cattaneo, an Italian aviator who flew at the Lanark Airshow in 1910. It is one of a group of signed cards that are of aviators who…
St. Leonard’s Street
postcardA pre-World War 1 postcard of St. Leonard’s Street, Lanark. As shown, the roads were not tarmacked at this point. The houses along this street were most likely constructed towards…
Boat Bridge
postcardThis is a picture of the boat bridge at Thankerton. It was built in the year 1778 and was funded by the county of Lanark to facilitate travel between Lanark…
Lockhart Hospital
postcardThis old photograph of the Lockhart Hospital was posted c. 1900 as the message is on the front of the card. Many would think that this was the William Smellie…
Birkwood House
postcardThis is a postcard showing Birkwood House in its glory days before the McKirdy family fell on hard times. It was an irony that the last part to be built…
Smyllum House
postcardThis is a very early view of Smyllum House, which was connected with William Smellie. However, the house that he lived in is no longer visible. The surviving parts of…
Dalserf Church
postcardThis is a view of Dalserf showing the Church which dates back to the 17th century, though in the Churchyard there is the Viking style Hogback stone which dates back…
McKirdy Fountain
postcardA good view of the McKirdy Fountain in Main Street, Lesmahagow as it looked in 1904. The shop on the opposite side of the fountain is that of John Loudon,…
Leadminers Cottages
postcardFrom the Scott’s series of postcards, this pictures some of the leadminers’ cottages near the cemetery in Leadhills. The card dates from 1906. The roofs of the buildings were all…
High Street
postcardA pre-World War 1 postcard showing Lanark’s High Street. The card proudly states, on the reverse, that it was made in Britain. Prior to this, many postcards were manufactured in…
Strawfrank Church
postcardThis is a view of Carstairs Junction of Strawfrank Church looking South. This Church was in part funded by the railway workers employed by the Caledonian Railway Company. Carstairs Junction,…
Green View
postcardThis is an interesting view of some of the houses fronting on to the Village Green, Carstairs. Carstairs was an important village and owed its prominence to being developed by…