maddiebutnotmad
I am trying to understand the timeline of the passage of land on which now stands a Victorian Hospital called Blawarthill Hospital.
From my research so far I have discovered that the village of Yoker was not part of Glasgow but was part of Renfrew which is south of the River Clyde but the village of Yoker on the North of the River Clyde along with several other villiages on the North of the river but which at that time where not part of the City of Glasgow.
It was proposed to build a hospital in 1894 and one called the Renfrew and Clydebank Joint Hospital was in 1897.
The Strathclyde Maxwell Family owned much of the land in Renfrew for several hundred years and their was a Sir John Maxwell of Blawarthill. I am led to believe that at some point in time the Maxwell family bequeathed or gifted the land in the village of Yoker for the purposes of providing land to build a hosital for the benefit of the common man. I can find no link other than the village of Yoker does indeed appear to be part of the land once owned by Sir John Maxwell of Blawarthill and the Maxwell family are well known benefactors to the people of Strathclyde.
Can anyone give me any factual information about who originally owned this land prior to the hospital being built there? Was the land gifted or sold by the Maxwell family or another family? If another family what was their names? If the land was sold who was it sold to? Does anyone know if there is any Royal Charter associated with this parcel of land ie that a hospital or facility for the use of the common man be located on this site or any such clauses?
Can anyone direct me to any sites with this type of information.
My interest in this subject comes from the fact that I lived m childhood in Scotstoun and Whiteinch and on school buildings it read "In the Parish of Govan". I was always facinated by this as Govan was to be reached by the new tunnel which was being built in my late teens. Since then I have discovered that most of land on the north of the river up to and including Jordanhill was indeed once part of the Parish of Govan and was part of Renfrew.
I might be an old granny but the history of my home town facinates me still and this new medium of the internet while still new to me, is opening up windows to the past which hold me facinated. So please if you can tell me how to research on this internet thing and learn more I would be very grateful.
From my research so far I have discovered that the village of Yoker was not part of Glasgow but was part of Renfrew which is south of the River Clyde but the village of Yoker on the North of the River Clyde along with several other villiages on the North of the river but which at that time where not part of the City of Glasgow.
It was proposed to build a hospital in 1894 and one called the Renfrew and Clydebank Joint Hospital was in 1897.
The Strathclyde Maxwell Family owned much of the land in Renfrew for several hundred years and their was a Sir John Maxwell of Blawarthill. I am led to believe that at some point in time the Maxwell family bequeathed or gifted the land in the village of Yoker for the purposes of providing land to build a hosital for the benefit of the common man. I can find no link other than the village of Yoker does indeed appear to be part of the land once owned by Sir John Maxwell of Blawarthill and the Maxwell family are well known benefactors to the people of Strathclyde.
Can anyone give me any factual information about who originally owned this land prior to the hospital being built there? Was the land gifted or sold by the Maxwell family or another family? If another family what was their names? If the land was sold who was it sold to? Does anyone know if there is any Royal Charter associated with this parcel of land ie that a hospital or facility for the use of the common man be located on this site or any such clauses?
Can anyone direct me to any sites with this type of information.
My interest in this subject comes from the fact that I lived m childhood in Scotstoun and Whiteinch and on school buildings it read "In the Parish of Govan". I was always facinated by this as Govan was to be reached by the new tunnel which was being built in my late teens. Since then I have discovered that most of land on the north of the river up to and including Jordanhill was indeed once part of the Parish of Govan and was part of Renfrew.
I might be an old granny but the history of my home town facinates me still and this new medium of the internet while still new to me, is opening up windows to the past which hold me facinated. So please if you can tell me how to research on this internet thing and learn more I would be very grateful.
