NS5751 : Montgomery Square
near to Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire, Great Britain

Montgomery Square
Eaglesham is believed to be the first place in the world where William Murdoch first used gas for public street lighting in 1802. The gas works were situated in Gas Works Lane although old maps show this to be Kirk Wynd which leads off Montgomery Square beside the cottage pictured in the background. Kirk Wynd is known locally as Gassy Brae possibly in reference to the gas works that were once situated here. The Darvel and Newmilns weavers used to make the 16 mile journey from Darvel to Eaglesham on occassion carrying a piece of finished cloth for the markets and collecting a new clue of yarn which would arrive with the carriers from Glasgow and Paisley. The Weavers' Trail Link
starts or finishes depending on the direction of travel at Montgomery Square following a route along Kirk Wynd Link
, passing Park Farm Link
Link
, Netherton, Carrot Link
, Myres Hill Link
and High Overmuir Link
before desending to Darvel Link
. Click on this link to discover about the Eaglesham cotton mills Link
.
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- NS5751, 37 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Kenneth Mallard (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 20 August, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 20 August, 2009
- Category
- Square (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NS 573 518 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:44.3329N 4:16.3910W - Photographer Location
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NS 573 518 - View Direction
- South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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