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Lanarkshire / Re: Govan - East Drumoyne Cottage (1901) & Drumoyne House (1918)
« on: Saturday 13 July 13 00:05 BST (UK)  »
Annie

this is the link for the maps I was using. Move left using the arrows to centre on Drumoyne Rd and then use the map options on the right hand side. Shows the changes over the years.

 http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html?txtXCoord=255300&txtYCoord=665600

As far as I can see the only thing with an address on Drumoyne Rd that would fit is Drumoyne farm, especially after it shifted. Known locally as East Drumoyne. More than one building, there may have been a cottage(s) included. The farmhouse I knew in the 70's and 80's was two storeys in these days. Stood on its own and was considerably larger than the other houses that were semi's, terraced and four in a blocks.

I've attached a photo (1928) that shows it (just and not very well). Plus a zoom in that loses it's sharpness. In the zoom find the bowling green near the top left. Just to the right, diagonally across the junction is the farmhouse. Darker colour than the other houses, it was red, they were white or cream. Mid Drumoyne is directly above the junction, in the trees behind the houses. The square horseshoe building is the old High School annexe.

Sorry it's such a poor photo, as I say it's Mid Drumoyne I was looking for and it was gone a few years later, so this is the best I've found. Haven't found any named photos of any of the farms, cottages, etc.




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Lanarkshire / Re: Govan - East Drumoyne Cottage (1901) & Drumoyne House (1918)
« on: Friday 12 July 13 11:01 BST (UK)  »
Ok, I really should have had a look at the maps again before I posted.

Three Drumoyne farms. West, Mid and East. Looking at older maps, both West and East are called just Drumoyne at some point. Mid is previously called Drumoyne cottage. It may all have been the one complex at one time as they are all close together.

At some point after the railway siding gets put in, it looks as if the eastern most farm, called Drumoyne at this point, moves to the east side of the railway onto the corner of Drumoyne Rd and Aberlady Rd. (This is before Aberlady Rd exists). The other two farms have become West Drumoyne and Mid Drumoyne.

Drumoyne farm, also know as East Drumoyne, was on Drumoyne Rd/Aberlady Rd, diagonally opposite Drumoyne bowling club. Both addresses you're looking for could be the same building. I used to pass this house every day going to school. A large red brick building which was different to all the other houses in the surrounding streets.

I haven't found any photgraphs but if I do then I will let you know. I've been looking for Mid Drumoyne and have only found aerial shots from Britain from Above in the 1920's where the focus has been on something else and I can just make out buildings in the trees. I haven't looked at anything more recent as Mid Drumoyne was gone shortly after that. You might have more luck with East Drumoyne.


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Lanarkshire / Re: Govan - East Drumoyne Cottage (1901) & Drumoyne House (1918)
« on: Friday 12 July 13 10:18 BST (UK)  »
Don't know if this will help or not. There was an East Drumoyne farm. The land was sold off for Drumoyne housing estate but the farmhouse itself still stood on the corner of Drumoyne Rd and Aberlady Rd until the 1980's. Maybe later, not sure when it was demolished. This may have been known as East Drumoyne Cottage after it stopped being a farm.

My granny was brought up on one of the Drumoyne farms, we think it was Mid Drumoyne farm which was in Pirie Park, just behind Drumoyne primary school. Nothing left now except the trees that were the surrounding wind break and a hedge at the bottom of the park that lined the access road.

Not sure about Drumoyne house. Drumoyne Rd used to be a rail siding to a coal pit. When the pit shut, the siding was reduced to serve the small industrial estate on the south side of Shieldhall Rd. There was an estate/house called Melville Park on Drumoyne Rd. Long gone, don't know if it may have been this. I have also seen a picture in the Mitchell library of some big fancy houses with the address give as Drumoyne Rd. Not 100% sure this is accurate as I have looked at old maps and can't tie in these buildings with what's shown on the maps. They may only have existed for a short time but, as I say, not confident the info on the photo is correct.

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