Old Photograph John Davie Grocer Shop Busby Scotland

Old photograph of staff and customers outside the John Davie grocer shop in Busby located in East Renfrewshire near Glasgow, Scotland. Busby's close proximity to Glasgow effectively makes it a suburb of the city, though it remains administratively separate. It lies on the White Cart Water 6 miles south of Glasgow City Centre. The first big change was in the landscape. Until the 1780s Busby village consisted of a scatter of cottages along a track leading from Carmunnock to Mearns. This route forded the River Cart to Newford at Bonnyton. This original village or fermtoun was in the area of the present Busby railway station. The second big change started in 1780 with the founding of Busby's first cotton mill. The third major change in Busby in the 1780s was the new road, from Paisley to East Kilbride. The first Busby Bridge was built on this route around 1785. A second Cotton Mill followed in 1790, then a Bleachfield and Printworks six years later.

The surname Davie is from the unique Celtic culture that developed in Wales. This particular surname is from the personal name David, which means darling or friend. This name was common in England and Scotland from the 12th century onward, but was particularly popular in Wales even earlier. One of the most famous bearers of this personal name in Wales was David ap Gryffydd, the last Prince of North Wales, who was executed in 1276 by King Edward I of England.

The surname Busby was first found in Renfrewshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù, a historic county of Scotland, today encompassing the Council Areas of Renfrew, East Renfrewshire, and Iverclyde, in the Strathclyde region of southwestern Scotland. The name is derived from " the lands of Busby or Busbie in the parish of Carmunnock, Renfrewshire." Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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