Volume contents
- 1 - Cadder , Page 1 (start)
- 10 - Cadder , Page 10
- 15A - Cadder , loose map
- 20 - Cadder , Page 20
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- 87 - Cadder , Page 87 (end)
- 88 - Cadder , Title Page
- 89 - Cadder , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEDLAY HOUSE | Bedlay House Bedlay House Bedlay House Bedlay House |
Valuation Roll Forest's Co: [County] Map T. C. Christie Esqr: Proprietor Revd: [Reverend] J. Park |
002.15 | 'The Manor House of Bedlay, an ancient and picturesque structure having many of the features of the old French Chateau, stands on a natural terrace of rock about 30 feet above the Bathlin Burn, which skirts its western extremity. It is of a quadrangular form with high peaked and crow-stepped gables, having two round turrets at the west end & a rectangular tower at the east, from the south side of which the house is entered. Some years ago part of the east end of the house and also the wall which extended along the south & west of the terrace was demolished. What remains appears to have been built at different periods, About the beginning of the seventeenth, and again about the middle of the 18th century additions seem to have been made to it. Part of the ground floor consists of two stone arched vaults, now used as Kitchens &c and is certainly of older date than 1600. Over the principal window at the East end of the house there is carved in stone the armorial bearings of the Robertsons, being, 'Quarterly 1st & 4th gules, a close helmet argent, '2nd & 3rd Argent, a cross crosslet fitched gules, with crescent in chief 'for a brotherly difference'. It is said that the place is mentioned in some old writings as far back as the reign of Alexander II and there is a tradition that it was frequently used by Sir William Wallace during his sojourn in the fastnesses of Robroyston. With these exceptions its early history seems now forgotten. It is however extremely probable that it has been a residence of some of the dignified Ecclesiastics of the Cathedral Church of Glasgow. The lands of Bedlay & others were alienated by Boyd, Archbishop of Glasgow to Robert; Lord Boyd, (ancestor of the Earl of Kilmarnock) who died in 1589. The Estate then appears to have passed into the possession of the College of Glasgow from which it was acquired by James Roberston of the family of Earnock. Who having been a loyalist Lawyer of reputations was at the Restoration, enacted a Lord of Session & took the title of 'Lord Bedlay'. He died at Bedlay House in 1664. The Estate continued in the possession of his descendants until the end of the last century, when it was bought by McKenzie of Greenkirk, who some years afterwards, (upon disposal of it to J Campbell Esqr. of Petershill, and by the marriage of whose granddaughter it came into the possession of the present proprietor'. Account by the proprietor T.C. Christie Esqr. The Mill of Bedlay stood between the house & the Bathlin Burn. It was removed about 130 years ago. |
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County of Lanark Cadder Parish
Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 6 - Parish of Cadder, OS1/21/6
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Cadder.
Ordnance Survey - Lanark county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Lanark, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.