BROOMHOUSE

I lived in Calderpark Crescent from 1975 to 1985 the local understanding from the old folk then was that it's name came from the Yellow Broom bushes once covered the area.

This was land owned by George Scott Nelson-Scott and sold to Lanarkshire County Council in the late 1920's

BROOMHOUSE: In 1975 regionalisation brought Broomhouse under Greater Glasgow with the new postcode G71.

I lived in Broomhouse for 10 years and was originally covered under Uddingston District.

BROOMHOUSE THE OLD SCHEME:

BAILLIESTON ROAD: One of two Baillieston Roads, one here at Broomhouse, and the other at Sandyhills / Mt. Vernon.

CALDERPARK AVENUE: Named after the old Calderpark Estate once owned by the McNair family. The mansion house was where the Zoo high point was.

CALDERPARK CRESCENT: As above, but this was originally named BOGHALL PLACE, the reason for the name change was probably local pressure as the Hamlet of Boghall was a mile west of this location.

LUSSHILL TERRACE: Named after the Hill that Broomhouse is built on. Used to be called LAWSHILL.in the 1700's

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1990s BUILD:

MOUNT LOCKHART PLACE / GARDENS: This is the new house. Named after Mount Lockhart, which was large mound to the right of Daldowie House and Crematorium Original entrance.

ROSEBANK GARDENS: Named after a cottage that stood on Boghall Road (The Serpents Twist) at the bottom North side of Luss Hill..

NORTH CALDER GROVE: Nevertheless, named after the local North Calder River. Grove denotes tree planted areas.

DALDOWIE ROAD: Named after the old Easter and Wester Daldowie estates

BOGHALL ROAD: Named after the old Hamlet of Boghall at the Hamilton Road / Daldowie Road Junction. The name actually means "Bog Hill" and it is a sort of steep hill up from Hamilton Road up the very short Daldowie Road to that once boggy valley over to Calderbank. This area was known as The Moss in the 1700s, which is another term for a boggy land.

I remember well the abandoned terraced houses in Boghall in 1967 and 68 before they were demolished. The old Bothwell Railway Line Bridge was there also and removed around 1968/69. But they done strange things back then as the old Broomhouse Railway Station was just across Daldowie Road some 100 metres east of Boghall and about half a kilometre from Broomhouse, in fact the next station Calderpark Halt was closer to Broomhouse.

A local name for this winding road is the "Serpents Twist" and it looks as if the name only relates to it being a twisting road. I remember as a boy going down to play in the haystacks in the field and the story / rumour was that their were grass snakes there. I never saw one.

GREENOAKHILL: RD / Pl / Cres/Gate / Av: Named after the old Greenoakhill House and Estate in Wester Daldowie. Greenoakhill and Greentree, Greenwells, Wellsgreen, Greenhill, Greenhall are all very common names for country estate houses / mansions as it gives the impression of the countryside.

HAWHILL GATE / WYND: The name has come from a local feature. Directly across Daldowie Road from this "BRIAR" estate was the hill that rose up to the location of the old Mount Vernon dog track and Boghall Road which was, and still is, covered in very old 200 to 300 year old Hawthorn Trees. The red berries on the Hawthorn tree are called Haw.

There was also a coal mine here named Wester Hawhill, it was 200 metres west of Daldowie Road behind the Dog Trust site. This site still lies empty and concreted over.

HAMILTON ROAD: Very old Highway that ran from Tollcross originally out to Hamilton. It is fragmented now into several sections by Main Streets like Uddingston and Bothwell. The Glasgow / Calderpark Zoo tells us there was a Main Roman Road here (Watling Street) that from Birkenshaw to Tollcross.

NEW CALDERPARK ESTATE ON SITE OF OLD CALDERARK / GLASGOW ZOO

CALDERPARK Road / Court / Place / Gardens: Named after the old Calderpark Estate.

CARRONHALL GROVE / DRIVE /COURT: The origin of this name breaks into three parts Carron = Rough Stoney river bed which it is and Hall a sloping meadow to a river sometimes a long steep rise.

: Grove = A line or avenue of trees, which certainly describes the dense trees on either side of the river

I was surprised that the names of two people were not used in these street names Richard O'Grady (director since1972) and Billy Linton (Keeper since1968) and Billy was later a bit of a TV celeb with the SSPCA on Animal 999.

NEW CALDERBANK ESTATE ON THE SITE OF THE OLD CALDERBANK ESTATE

BROOMHOUSE CRESCENT / DRIVE: Probably so named to indicate this scheme is being classed as part of Broomhouse, which it wasn't. Burnhead or Calderbank would have been more historical.

MOSSBEATH GARDENS: In old Scots it simple means Bog and Birchwood, and that is what was at this location on the slope down to Calderbank House and later Calderbank Home Auxiliary Maternity Hospital which was under the management of Bellshill Maternity.

MILNWOOD : CRESCENT: Miln in Scots, Gaelic, English and Welsh is derived from “Mill”. There was place called Newmill down in Calderpark the Calder Woods at an acute bend in the North Calder Behind where Calderpark / Glasgow Zoo was at an area we new as kids as “The Cliffs”. The old mill stone sat at the bottom of the old zoo where Carronhall Grove / Ave junction is.

I took a walk over to the Zoo one day back in the mid1970's as I knew Billy Linton the Head Keeper very well. He was working just above the sharp bend in the North Calder and this huge millstone was just sitting on it's side. I asked him about it and he told me about the old mill that was once down at the bend in the river. He then surprised me when he said "Follow me and I'll show you something we crossed as wee boys when we lived at Muirside Road and Place".

Billy took me over the the Zoo Main entrance and along this old abandoned railway line from an old abandoned station called Calderpark Halt and onto this awesome railway bridge that spanned both the North Calder and Round Knowe Road known as the Calderpark Viaduct, the old map to the left gives some idea of the span. I measured it on Google Maps at 65 metres fresh air span only supported at both ends only. I personally couldn't remember it, but it was some span across the river about 60 feet below.

ROSEHALL GARDENS / DRIVE / WAY: I was looking for an estate lodge or cottage named ROSEHALL, and there very well might be, however the name seems to be based on the natural area and surroundings. When I looked east along the North Calder the name Rose crops up several times Rosehall Bridge, Rosehall Junction, Rosehall Collieries, Rosebank Hamlet

Splitting the name gives us ROSE and HALL.

ROSE can be used to describe many land features including a particular colour of Sandstone and at the boundary between Calderpark and Calderbank are the red sandstone cliffs. I can only remember them a young boy. That area is now choked with trees and near on impenetrable.

HALL is sometimes used in etymology, also a universal term to indicate a small hill with a sharp rise, cliffs, even a steep brae or sloping meadow

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BARTONSHILL WAY / GARDENS

Not really sure why the named these streets something a mile to the north, other than it is a highly visible landmark.

Arguably more Bargeddie than Calderbank or Baillieston as it is Bargeddie Parish Church. So why use that name here? The answer was very difficulty to find, and the answer may be that the last occupier of Calderbank House was the Reverend Alexander Young, was he a minister of Bargeddie Parish Church, Bartonshill ?

WELLSGREEN: GARDENS / COURT:

The name of an old cottage behind Bartonshill Church on the Monklands Canal.

KILGARTH: ROAD / DRIVE :

KIL is a old Scots term for a church ad GARTH is an old Scots term for a wooded enclosed area which describes Bartonshill Church perfectly.

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