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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Boating Pond
postcardA view of Biggar Boating Pond which according to the County of Lanark book was constructed c.1900.
Old Valley of the Clyde
postcardValley of the Clyde. This card is interesting as it records the fact that the writer of the card was on his way up to see the launch of the…
Fisherman’s Monument
postcardThis is a view of the Fisherman’s Monument near Abington. It is from a book called ‘The County of Lanark’ which was published in 1935. The Fisherman’s Monument stands on…
Lady Colebrooke’s Workshop
postcardThe company of W.H Scott did a large number of postcards of Lanarkshire. This is a rarer example of their work. Lady Colebrooke’s workshop is shown on many cards of…
Ordnance Survey, Wilsontown
mapThis Ordnance Survey map of 1898 shows the profound impact that railways had on an industrial area such as Wilsontown. The station was near Wilsontown House. It still survives but…
Plan of Douglas Village
mapThis is an interesting estate map of Douglas dating to 1822 showing the village as it used to be. It might be useful to compare this to the present day…
General Roy Map
mapThis map, completed in the 1750s by General Roy was part of a series completed across Scotland. Wilsontown does not exist at this time. The hamlets of East Forth, West…
Blaeu map of Lesmahagow
mapThis Blaeu Map of 1654 shows the area around Lesmahagow. Curiously Lesmahagow does not get a mention though Craighead does. An excavation of the 15th century Tower House was completed…
Pont Map, Douglas Castle
mapThis picture from Pont shows how Douglas Castle may have looked in 1596 when the map for Lanarkshire was created. The late Professor McClean from Dundee thought that Pont Map…
Carnwath 1858 OS Map
mapThis is a very useful map as it shows the position of the Lockhart Arms Inn, now a farm. The tavern was one of the most important in the area.…
Auchengray and Tarbrax
mapThe maps relate to Tarbrax and Auchengray and cover the period from 1596 when Timothy Pont’s Map was completed till Thomson’s map of Lanarkshire in 1832. The maps used in…