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Old Photographs Bothwell Scotland
Old photograph of Bothwell, on the north bank of the River Clyde, adjacent to Uddingston and Hamilton, and nine miles from the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. The parish church, which was restored at the end of the 19th century, contains the choir of the old Gothic church of 1398. A memorial honours the poet Joanna Baillie, born 1762, died 1851, who was born in the church manse. The original Bothwell village and its immediate surroundings east of the River Clyde were the site of three medium sized Victorian Age collieries, Bothwell Castle, Bothwell Park and Hamilton Palace. The former two were financed by William Baird, the Coatbridge iron master, and the latter by the Bent Coal Company. Each had its collection of mining company workers houses with Bothwell Park and Hamilton Palace creating new villages. The mineral owners were the Earl of Home and the Duke of Hamilton.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
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