Forrest - Carluke

[Forfarian]

I'd have been astonished if it was an an old folks' home in 1867. At that time, you were either cared for by your family or you went into the poorhouse.

The Ordnance Survey Name Book says Poplarglen is "a small dwellinghouse, one
storey, slated, and in good repair, property of Ja[me]s Gilchrist".

It's marked on the First Edition of the six-inch Ordnance Survey Map, just a couple of hundred yards east of the River Clyde. See https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.2&lat=55.70968&lon=-3.87084&layers=257&b=ESRIWorld&o=100 - slide the blue button in the dialog box at lower left to see the satellite view.

and it's still on the modern maps, grid reference NS825478. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/NS8247 and click on the map to zoom in and see it on the map.

[sallyC2254]

Thank you! That is very helpful.  I love the maps for Scotland. We did have Gilcrest in the family, but not sure of direct link to this James. But a small cottage is a good guess for an old women. She probably had something of a dower in the will of her husband for her upkeep.

Sally