OMOA House, Cleland

[Teen047]

On a death notification I have it states the person died at OMOA House, Cleland.  Can anyone tell me what this stands for.
Thanks

[daval57]

Does this help?
I still don't know what the abbreviation stands for.

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10162439

[tidybooks]

Hi All,

It is not an abbreviation.

Omoa, a village, in the parish of Bertram-Shotts, Middle ward of the county of Lanark, 5 miles (S. W.) from the village of Bertram-Shotts ; containing 206 inhabitants. This place is situated in the south-western part of the parish, and owes its origin to the erection of considerable iron-works, in 1787, on the estate of Colonel Dalrymple; the ironstone in the neighbourhood is very abundant, and the ore is wrought to a great extent. The village lies on the road from Airdrie to Cambusnethan.

There is a place called Omoa in Honduras, may have been named after that.

Tom

[speedy1812]

I live in Cleland in Lanarkshire and Omoa House was originally Omoa Poorhouse. The Omoa House still stands today (or much of it), and is Cleland Hospital. It is right opposite Cleland station, which in the early 1900's was known as Omoa station but was renamed when the original Cleland station closed with the demise of the Iron Works. Omoa did indeed get its name from Omoa in Honduras where Colonel Dalrymple distinguished himself in battle before returning to set up the iron works.

[daval57]

Hey Speedy, where did you get your name?
This post has been here for almost two weeks now!!!!

Seriously, that's interesting.

I know this is Teen047's post but I was interested so thanks Tom and Speedy.

Dave
 

[speedy1812]

Hey Dave, I was an Ent in a previous life  (Hope you're a Lord of the Rings fan or that will make no sense at all!)

Lots of great history of people and places in this part of Lanarkshire.

Jim

[IMBER]

Hi Speedy

This will test you! Do you know of any detailed sources of info on Cleland Pottery which was run by a member of the Kennedy family of Barrowfield Pottery, Glasgow?  I've seen all the usual sketchy references in ceramics books but there's little of real substance.

I

[apanderson]

Hi Imber,

Have you tried contacting:

http://www.scottishpotterysociety.co.uk

Cleland Pottery is listed to have been around from c1895 - c1911. They might not know much more but it's always worth a shot.

Have you tried the Archives for North/South Lanarkshire? I would imagine it would be mentioned in the Trade Directories?

What about trying local libraries?

Good Luck anyway!!

Anne

[speedy1812]

Imber,

You definitely tested me there.To be honest, I do not believe there are any detailed records of Cleland Pottery. What I can tell, from asking locals, is that the pottery was at the bottom end of Chapel Street in Cleland.

It operated until the early 1900’s. A local believes that he once saw photo’s of this featuring beehive kilns like the ones you see in Stoke etc. There was a narrow gauge line linking the Pottery, with the Cockyard [newer houses at the bottom of Chapel Street]. This narrow gauge crossed the burn via a viaduct. This viaduct was blown up in the mid sixties. He is certain of that as he was at St Mary’s Primary School the day it was blown and all the windows had to be opened to avoid them shattering. Him and a friend did not get home from school until 8.00pm that night because he went to see the debris and in his own words "we got our arse’s kicked for our trouble"
 
The older houses on Chapel Street were built late 20’s early 30’s but by that time the Pottery would have closed.
 
There is a reference to Cleland making chimney pots etc as early as 1830/40 possibly an offshoot of pottery, which then gave way to brickworks. There were three types of mining; fireclay, iron ore and of course coal in the Cleland area.

Sorry, this is not what you are looking for, but I do not think you will find any detail of the pottery works. I will keep asking to see what I can find.

Jim