Edit Cardonald's past
It lies to the southwest of the city and is bounded to the south by the River White Cart Water.
The area was part of Renfrewshire until 1926 when the villages of Cardonald, Halfway, Crookston and their surrounding farmland were annexed to Glasgow.
In the 15th century the lands of Cardonald were the property of Johannes Norwald or Normanville, Dominus of Cardownalde.
His granddaughter and heiress, Marion Stewart (daughter of Isabella Norwald of Cardonald and Sir William Stewart of Castlemilk), married Allan Stewart, establishing the line of Stewarts of Cardonald. The Cardonald Stewarts were a junior branch of the House of Stewart. Allan Stewart of Cardonald, the first Stewart of Cardonald, was the younger son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, Lord Darnley (d. 1495).
The Cardonald Stewarts had their seat at the Place of Cardonald, built in 1565.
It was demolished and replaced by a farmhouse - Cardonald Place Farm - in 1848.The line of the Stewarts of Cardonald ended with Allan's great-grandson, James Stewart of Cardonald, 1512 to 1584.
He had served as a captain in the Scottish Guards of the King of France, and is buried in Paisley Abbey. As he had no issue, the lands of Cardonald passed to his sister's son, Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre.
His family resided at the Place of Cardonald for generations, and retained lands in Cardonald until the 20th century.In 1926, the Corporation of Glasgow bought the Cardonald estates, along with the privately developed cottage flats and other housing in the area.
Cardonald was divided into North and South Cardonald.
In the 1950s, the first high-rise flats in the area were built.
Cardonald College, one of Scotland's largest further education colleges, opened in 1972, and has rapidly expanded in recent times.
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Does anyone know the history of the houses built on Hillington Park Circus, I pass them everyday and often wondered who lived in them when they were first built..
The houses on Hillington Park Circus are certainly over a hundred years old and are B listed, in relation to their historical significance,I also believe that the houses were modelled on Park Circus in the West End but were left unfinished as the developer had run out of money
Thank you for your input Aliistair,Any one else shed any more light on the history of these buildings..
Correction, The houses on Hillington Park Circus are C listed and not B, but still one of Cardonalds True Gems
Hello friends, I am trying to contact a long lost friend from 69 Crosslea Craigton. Maybe moved now since 96. Would love to hear from her. Her name is Catherine Doherty.
I have looked at old maps in the Mitchell Library and found the area reffered to as "Kardounale" note the 'K', I wondered weather or not Dominus of Cardownalde was spelled in this way?
HI, I'M LOOKING FOR IMFORMATION, ON WESTFIELD DRIVE. I THINK MANY ON THE HOUSES THERE WERE BUSINESS AT THE TIME. MANY THX JOHNNY
There is a building at the top of Berryknowes Road which is now used as a clinic Does anyone know the history of it? I was told a story that it belonged to 2 sisters that owned a hat shop on Paisley road west There is the name "Turnberry" on the gate support The Building is of white sandstone which usually means that it was build before about 1890
Does anyone know the history of the building that is now known as cardonald clinic at the top of Berryknowes Road ? I heard that is was owned years ago by 2 sisters that had a hat shop in Kinning park The Building is white sandstone which in this part of the world means that it was probbly bulit prior to about 1890 It has the name 'Turnberry " engraved in the gatepost Any body any ideas
Cardonald (Scottish Gaelic: Cathair Dhòmhnaill) is an outlying suburb of the Scottish city of Glasgow. Formerly a village in its own right, it lies to the southwest of the city and is bounded to the south by the White Cart Water. The area was part of Renfrewshire until 1926 when the villages of Cardonald, Halfway and Crookston and their surrounding farmland were annexed to Glasgow. In the 15th century the lands of Cardonald were the property of Johannes Norwald or Normanville, Dominus of Cardownalde. His granddaughter and heiress, Marion Stewart (daughter of Isabella Norwald of Cardonald and Sir William Stewart of Castlemilk), married Allan Stewart, establishing the line of Stewarts of Cardonald. The Cardonald Stewarts were a junior branch of the House of Stewart. Allan Stewart of Cardonald, the first Stewart of Cardonald, was the younger son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox. The Cardonald Stewarts had their seat at the Place of Cardonald (also known as Cardonald Castle or Cardonald House), built in 1565. It was demolished and replaced by a farmhouse - Cardonald Place Farm - in 1848. The line of the Stewarts of Cardonald ended with Allan's great-grandson, James Stewart of Cardonald (1512-1584). He had served as a captain in the Scottish Guards of the Kings of France, and is buried in Paisley Abbey. As he had no issue, the lands of Cardonald passed to his sister's son, Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre. His family resided at the Place of Cardonald for generations, and retained lands in Cardonald until the 20th century. In 1926, Glasgow Corporation bought the Cardonald estates, along with the privately developed cottage flats and other housing in the area. Cardonald was divided into North and South Cardonald, with the south mostly composed of private rented cottage flats, while the north was made up of private and corporation housing, including terraced houses, flats, and semi-detached property. In the 1950s, the corporation erected the UK's first high-rise flats in the area. Although only 10 storeys high, the Moss Heights flats were the first of many high-rise blocks to be built in Glasgow. Cardonald is also the site of the last ever multistorey blocks of flats to be built in Glasgow, the Bute and Cumbrae towerblocks in Queensland Drive, which were completed in 1967. These buildings are also undergoing massive renovation works including renewal of the landings, external re-facing, and new lifts. Cardonald College, one of Scotland's largest further education colleges, opened in 1972, and has rapidly expanded in recent times. Cardonald has two churches: Cardonald Parish Church (Church of Scotland) (built 1889) and Our Lady of Lourdes Church (Roman Catholic) (built 1938). The district is served by Cardonald railway station on the Inverclyde Line and by numerous bus routes. There is also easy access to the M8 motorway via Junction 2.
I was browsing through the Virtual Mitchell website looking for pictures of old (North) Cardonald On checking under the old name of Berryknowes I found a picture of old farm buildings but no-one seems to know where they were - the date is 1962 but I think it must have been before that as I don't remember ever hearing about a farm this side of PRW Anyone help?
Here is a picture of Turnberry House that my father grew up in. Not sure if it is in Cardonald or not as I am from Canada and have never had the opportunity to visit Scotland. Please let me know if this is the same house. It was the home of my Great grandfather John King.
The Farm used to be where the crash barrier is and where the telephone box used to be .
Hazel this is definetly turnberry house, its inscribed on the two gateposts, it is now a g.p out of services unit..
Anthony - What crash barrier and Where?
Hazel Yeo, this house IS in Cardonald and is used now as a out of hours clinic, emergency medical care when Doctors are closed. The house looks the same as it was in your photo and the address is Berryknowes Road, Cardonald, Glasgow, in Scotland.
Hazel Yeo, this house your father grew up in IS in Cardonald and is used now as a out of hours clinic, emergency medical care when Doctors are closed. The house looks the same as it was in your photo and the address is Berryknowes Road, Cardonald, Glasgow, in Scotland.
Esther the crash barrier is opposite the new school entrance/exit. If you are travelling up Berryknowes Ave. from the PRW it is on your on your left hand side, look out for the phonebox about 1/2 a mile up Berryknowes, past Morrisons on the left, you can't miss it. the barrier is similar to a motorway barrier which is about 2 ft high and runs a few hundred yards as the road veers right.
Does anybody know if there was an old News of the World factory at the Halfway in Cardonald at any point? If you look carefully at the side of the building above the flats next to the bookies you can see a faint sign in the brickwork that says "News of the World" I can't find any history on this. Has anybody else seen it or has any info about it?
ITS POSSIBLY A FADED ADVERT.IT WAS COMMON PRACTISE TO FEATURE POPULAR PRODUCTS SUCH AS SOAP AND BEER ON THE SIDE OF TENEMENTS AND OTHER BUILDINGS.
Thanks Eagleyed that's probz what it is. It's been annoying me for ages but I didn't know they used to do that. No wonder I couldn't find any history on it! Thanks again.
Tuberry House as it was knownn at one time was owned by the Leech Family who were well known shopowners in Paisley Road West
I luv hearing history of ma town, it is enlightening x <3
Bob Greenfield. Turnberry House was owned by two spinster sisters by the name of Leitch.
They had a fairly large ladies shop on PRW between Berryknowes Rd. and Hillington Gardens.
We used to play football directly behind the house (1940's) long before the flats that are there now, were built.
Alistair Watson or Bob Greenfield do you know about when the Leitch sisters owned Turnberry House?
My great grandfather John King lived there until 1923.
His death certificate has Turnberry house listed as his final residence.
I would like to find out more about the house and its occupants if possible, specifically, when my family resided there and if they built the house.
Is there a land titles office or land registry office nearby that may have that information?
Hazel,
Sorry I cannot be more specific about the Leitch sisters or Turnberry House.
When I played football behind it, I was about 12 years of age, at the end of WW2 so I wasn't too interested in property as you can imagine.
Try www.ros.gov.uk to see if they can help.
Bob Greenfield.
Bob Greenfield.
N. Loftus, claims Cardonald has two churches, namely - Cardonald Parish and Our Lady of Lourdes.
What about Hillington Park Parish Church on Berryknowes Road?.
Thank you Bob. Any information is much appreciated. Hazel
Can anyone tell me when the farm on Berryknowes Road existed.
Next to the cat and dog home in Cardonald by the railway line there is a spare bit of ground coverd in grass.
It is unkempt and looks abandoned.
A while ago I was standing there with my friend and kicked over a largeish rock, the rock had been hiding the very top of what looked like an old rail way tunnel.
It was completely underground apart from a small hole (large enough for a small child to fit down).
It's clear it is an arch and looks exactly like an old railway arch.
Does anybody know anything about this?
I have tried to research it but found nothing on it.
re Westfield Drive query.
I lived at no 15 from my birth in 1954 until 1978.
There was a family who lived in Lamington Road at the junction of Westfield Drive and their property boundary ran half the length of Westfield Drive betweeen Lamington road and Talla Road.
The family name was Hailstones.
As a child of 5 I was told that they remembered when the houses were built on the tract of land that was called the west field.
Hence the name. It was grazing land for donkeys.
Hugh McMenemy
When were the large terraced houses on Kingsland Drive and Queensland Drive built and who originally owned them?
I'm currently working on an art project based on the theme "what my life would have been like 50 years ago". I'm a student at cardonald college, so I'm wanting to find out what the area would have been like around 1959. I would be very grateful if anyone could give me any information.
re " Bob Greenfield says: Bob Greenfield.
N. Loftus, claims Cardonald has two churches, namely - Cardonald Parish and Our Lady of Lourdes.
What about Hillington Park Parish Church on Berryknowes Road?.
This info was copied from site, I assume these churches are mentioned re the split into South Cardonald(Lourdes/ Cardonald Parish) and Hillington Pk serves North Cardonald?
Can't be held responsible for not mentioning HP just thought that info would have interested someone somewhere?
There are in fact other churches in the Cardonald Area.
We have St Nicholas Cardonald on Hartlaw Crescent (ok I know it's maybe NOT strictly Cardonald) The Church of The Good Shepherd on Hillington Rd South.
These Churches together with Our Lady and St George's on Sandwood Road and St Andrew's in Penilee all work together!
We have many joint events.
When I think of Cardonald it takes me back about 65 years ago. I was about 5 or 6 years old and we had a cat named Daisy. She was getting old and it was time to put her down. Daisy was a lovely silver Grey Cat. She even saved our lives once when we had a Gas Leak in the house she woke us up during the night. Daisy was a great comfort to me when I was a child growing up in Keppochhill Road in Springburn Glasgow especially during the war years. I still remember the day the Van came from the RSPCA in Cardonald and picked up Daisy I always remember the look in her eyes when the nice Gentleman picked her up and put her in a little Carry Box and he said to me she is going to be alright she is sick and tired. After he left there was not a dry eye in our little single end at 377 Keppochhill Road. A few weeks later my Daddy brought me home a lovely little Kitten it was black with lovely eyes and I mamed him Friday because my Daddy brought him to me on a Friday. I left Glasgow in March of 1960 and came to the United States. I know that Cardonald to this day does the most wonderfull things for all Creatures Great And Small. I now live in a Small Town in Georgia U.SA after having lived in many different parts of the United States. We are only a small Community of approx 3000 Citizens Our main industry is Timber,Cotton,Pecans We are named the City of The Million Pines andwe are 93 years old. Wonderfull close knit Community Fine People , Churches, Schools We are located 17 miles from Vidalia Georgia the Home of the Famous Vidalia Onions, and we are 2 miles fro, Dublin Georgia which is a beautifull city. Only 1hour from Macon Georgia and about 2hours from Savannah and the Ocean and about 2hours from the beautifull Georgia Mountains. When the Cotton Fields ar in Full Bloom it looks like miles of Snow. Well I will stop here but just felt I had to write this. Kindest Regards Isabella Powell Nee BRISBANE City Councilwoman Soperton Georgia. If anyone would like to get in touch with me my email is clyd709@yahoo.com P.S I have 3 cats one a big boy named Lazyboy, 2 little black ones brother and sister named Baby and Funnyface and I also have a little Jack Russell who is 5 years old named Clyde he is a precious little boy and had been abused and neglected and we got him 4 years ago. When I lived in Connecticut we had 5 Labrador Retreivers some who were Retired Guide Dogs they all lived to ripe old ages from 13-16 years of age Their names were Heather,Bobby, Jazzy, Hosanna and Allie Their ashes are all burried up in Connecticut and at the Guide dog School in Yorktown Heights New York. I have been affilliated with Guiding Eyes for The Blind for 30 years and both my Cousins in New York now have their 3rd and 4th Guide Dogs and my Little Niece Emma just got her first Guide Dog and lived in England