Montgomery Square

Image: © Kenneth Mallard Taken: 20 Aug 2009

Montgomery Square bounds two sides of Eaglesham Parish kirkyard and was once the High Street. Gas works were situated in Gas Works Lane which 19th century maps show to be Kirk Wynd which leads off Montgomery Square beside the cottage pictured in the background. Kirk Wynd is known locally as Gassy Brae in reference to the gas works that were once situated here. The Darvel and Newmilns weavers used to make the 16 mile journey from Darvel to Eaglesham on occasion carrying a piece of finished cloth for the markets and collecting a new clue of yarn which would arrive with the carriers from Glasgow and Paisley. The Weavers' Trail http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/The-Darvel-to-Eaglesham-weavers-trail starts or finishes depending on the direction of travel at Montgomery Square following a route along Kirk Wynd http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1490402 ; passing Park Farm http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1490436 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1490362 ; Netherton, Carrot http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1434824 ; Myres Hill http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1434824 Crook Hill http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/89608 ; High Overmuir http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/89605 ; Auldhouse Burn http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/89604 ; Low Overmuir Farm Road http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/89602 ; Pogiven Bridge http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/89600 ; track to High Carlingcraig http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/240520 before descending to Darvel http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/78857 . Click on this link to discover about the Eaglesham cotton mills http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1450337 .

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