Blairlinn Explained

55.9304°N -3.9874°WBlairlinn is the site of one of Cumbernauld's several industrial estates built as satellite developments on the periphery of the Scottish town's residential areas.

Toponymy

The etymology of the name is probably 'Pool, or mill-dam, plain’ (blàr linne).[1]

Modern Estate

The modern industrial estate is about a mile south of the town centre. It was opened as Blairlinn Industrial Estate by the Secretary of State for Scotland on Friday, 22 September 1961. In 1962 Telehoist was one of the first companies to set up there.[2] Some of the early factories were about 22,000 square feet with room for enlargement.[3]

Large companies using the estate include Farmfoods,[4] Dreams,[5] and Mackintosh.[6] [7] There are over 20 other companies in the complex.[8] [9]

North of the estate is a steep glen through Luggiebank Wood which is now a nature reserve managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust.[10]

History

Before the building of the new town, there were three farmsteads known as Wester, Mid and Easter Blairlinn.[11] All three were south of the Luggie Water with Wester Blairlinn near the east bank of the Shank Burn and Easter Blairlinn near the west bank of the Cameron Burn.[12] Mid Blairlinn and Easter Blairlinn are reported to have had some coal within 900 feet of the surface.[13] There seems to have been an old flax mill at Pettycastle, West Blairlinn. It is shown as a ruin on the first edition of the six inch ordnance survey map of Lanarkshire.[14] Several other old maps show Blairlinn with various spellings including maps by Charles Ross,[15] William Forrest,[16] and William Roy.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Drummond. Peter, John. An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin. 2014. Glasgow University. Glasgow. 330.
  2. Book: Taylor. Jessica. Cumbernauld: The Conception, Development and Realisation of a Post-war British New Town. 2010. Edinburgh College of Art. Edinburgh. 284. 25 February 2017.
  3. Book: Osborn. Frederic James. Whittick. Arnold. The New towns - The Answer to Megalopolis. 1963. McGraw-Hill. London. 312–321. 25 October 2017.
  4. News: Campbell. Scott. Farmfoods seek permission to expand Cumbernauld HQ. 6 August 2016. Cumbernauld Media. 24 June 2015. 15 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815203839/http://www.cumbernauld-media.com/news/business/1370-farmfoods-seek-permission-to-expand-cumbernauld-hq. dead.
  5. News: Mullen. Stacey. Depot brings jobs to Cumbernauld. 27 January 2018. Cumbernauld News. 12 December 2013.
  6. News: Moss. Victoria. Reign of glory: how British heritage house Mackintosh took the catwalks by storm. 27 January 2018. The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. 18 September 2016.
  7. News: The rebirth of the Mackintosh fashion label. 27 January 2018. The Scotsman. 8 February 2011.
  8. Web site: Endole Suite. 27 January 2018.
  9. Web site: Endole Suite. 27 January 2018.
  10. Web site: Luggiebank Wood. Scottish Wildlife Trust. 6 August 2016.
  11. Web site: Blairlinn, North Lanarkshire. The Gazetteer for Scotland. 27 January 2018.
  12. Web site: OS 25 inch map 1892-1949, with Bing opacity slider. National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. 12 October 2017.
  13. Book: Brown. M. Walton . Transactions Of The Federated Institution Of Mining Engineers. 1897. Institution of Mining Engineers (Great Britain).. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 448. VOL. XII-1896-97. 27 January 2018.
  14. Web site: Pettycastle Flax Mill (ruin). National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. 27 January 2018.
  15. Web site: Ross' map with repair around Blairlin. NLS. 27 January 2018.
  16. Web site: Forrest's Map. NLS. 27 January 2018.
  17. Web site: Roy's map of the Lowlands. NLS. 27 January 2018.

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