© Baillieston Born 'n' Bred 2024
History: Origin is due to large stone cross that once stood there on the hill. An old 18th Century maps show the name “Sheriff Hill”. On this map Crosshill Square was located behind the Log Cabin pub where Ian Wilson's wood yard and Caravan lay up area was.
The areas that make up Baillieston are confusing at times, some overlap, like Crosshill, Rhindsdale, Swinton and Rhindsdale and Rhindsmuir. Then parts of Baillieston, Garrowhill and Barrachnie. At one time when the old estates stood alone it was probably was easier to differentiate between these estates before parcels of land were sold or gifted.
BREDISHOLM ROAD / TERRACE
This was the road out to the old Bredisholm Estate. It was understood it meant "Brides Home". It was also called the “Back Road”, which led to Lower Bargeddie. The Muirhead family owned the estate.
RAVENSWOOD ROAD
There was once a wood where Lindsay Park is called Ravenswood (alt. The Craw Wid, as it was a Rookery) There was once many wooded areas planted in a patterns by Lairds / Lords done so throughout Britain , The Ravenswood wood plantation style was called “The 12 Streets of Jerusalem”, with rows of trees converging to a centre circle or hub where there was normally a seated area.
There was a similar wooded area at Daldowie also named “The 12 Streets of Jerusalem”. Which ever direction you looked at this configuration you always saw a straight row of trees.
The brae on Ravenswood Road was locally known as “The Killing Hoose Brae” as there was an abattoir located where the Morrison Store carpark is now. The steep brae was levelled out a bit when the made it a retail outlet, but is was once very steep.
The Baillieston Miners Welfare sat at the bottom of Ravenswood Road in my time run by Big Harry McLaughlin and family.
At the front where Morrison filling station is was the Snooker club / Billiard hall.
The McFarlane Paton’s Rhindsdale jam works operated there from 1898 until 1956 and employed 150 workers. It closed down in the early 1960s. In the 1970s they built the DIY store Dodge City, later re-branded as B&Q. The B&Q was shutdown in the early 1990s and a Safeway Store was built. Morrison bought over Safeway in early 2003 and expanded the size of the shop. There were some other smaller outlets at the top of the small retail park.
THORNEYBURN DRIVE / PLACE
Another old wooded area west of Bredisholm House at a horseshoe bend on the North Calder River. Thorney Wood suggests Hawthorn trees .(Old maps) That wooded area is still there partly under the motorway bridge over the North Calder Water Glen.
ELLISMUIR ROAD
Originally named Yellow Muir as was probably due to corn or hay being grown on the land. Older Locals still pronounce it as “Illimur”
CRAIGSWOOD CRESCENT / WAY
An old wooded area name Craigswood west of Bredisholm House. The term Craig means Stony, Rocky,. There is not a twig of the old Graigs Wood remaining as it was directly in the line of the M73 / M8 Junction 2
RHINDS Gate / Road / Place / Crescent The Rhinds was a small place between Baillieston and Bargeddie. (Old Maps)
Rhinds or Rinns are peninsulas of land either out to sea or inland glacial deposits of earth and rock creating long Land Bar.
PIT WYND: Near the site of the Ellismuir coalmines (Old Maps)