Old Photograph Kirkfield Church Bothwell Scotland

Old photograph of Kirkfield Church in Bothwell, on the north bank of the River Clyde, adjacent to Uddingston and Hamilton, and nine miles from the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. 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.



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