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Levengrove Park

The lands of Levengrove were originally part of an area named Ferrylands, so called because, before Dumbarton Bridge was built in 1765, the River Leven was crossed by means of a ferry. John Dixon, a Dumbarton merchant, acquired Levengrove in 1805 from Richard Dennistoun of Kelvingrove (in Glasgow).

The Dixons built Levengrove House (demolished c.1880), whose former grounds make up much of what is now the park. In 1885, Levengrove Park, 32 acres in area, was gifted to the town of Dumbarton by Dr Peter Denny and John McMillan (son of local shipbuilder Archibald McMillan), the expense to them being £20,000.

The park contains the ruins of St Serf's ChurchLink – anciently the parish church of Cardross. That church was at one time part of a cluster of buildings, a clachan, that is marked as "Little Kirktoun" on the Pont/Blaeu map of the Lennox. The ruined church was later used by the Dixon family as a burial place: see Link (in a Geograph article).
by Lairich Rig

Created: Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Updated: Fri, 5 Jul 2019


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NS3975 : The ruins of St Serf's Church by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : The ruins of St Serf's Church by Lairich Rig
NS3974 : War memorial bench in Levengrove Park by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : The ruins of St Serf's Church by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Section of wall beside an old well by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : The enclosure of St Serf's Church by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : St Serf's Church: Dixons' Memorial Tablet by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Shear's Well: water pump's handle restored by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Fairy house in Levengrove Park by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Kilmahew Fountain detail by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Shear's Well, Levengrove Park by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : The ruins of St Serf's Church by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Gazebo, Levengrove Park by Richard Sutcliffe
NS3975 : The restored Kilmahew Fountain: detail by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Old well, Levengrove Park by Lairich Rig
NS3974 : Levengrove Park: new pavilion under construction by Lairich Rig
NS3974 : Memorial to John Hamilton VC, Dumbarton by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Path leading to old well, Levengrove Park by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Shear's Well, Levengrove Park by Lairich Rig
NS3974 : Levengrove Park by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Boundary wall of Levengrove Park by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : The Kilmahew Fountain during refurbishment by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Park entrance beside an old well by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Gardens in Levengrove Park by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : The ruins of St Serf's Church by Lairich Rig

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