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Apr 26, 2012 · Pictures and narratives of Bellshill, A town near Glasgow in Scotland, from the late 1800s to the early 1900s
Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles (sixteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow city centre and 37 mi (60 km) west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell 2 mi (3 km) to the south, Hamilton 3 mi (5 km) to the southwest, Viewpark 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi (2.5 km) to the west, Holytown 2 mi (3 km) to the east and Coatbridge 3 mi (5 km) to ...
On his death, his wife inherited the property and, as she acquired much of the Orbiston estate, she renamed the house Orbiston. Mrs Cecilia Douglas moved in exalted circles: at one time or another she entertained Sir Waiter Scott, the Duke of Wellington, and Sir John Moore of Corunna fame.
Apr 25, 2024 · John Peel celebrated the towns music which was dubbed the Bellshill Sound in the Channel 4 series Sounds of the Suburbs. Here are 12 famous faces and bands who grew up in the area. 1. Teenage Fanclub. Teenage Fanclub were formed in Bellshill with the band emerging from Glasgow's C86 scene in 1989.
The original village of Bellshill, situated at the east end of Viewpark, was formed from a row of quarry workers' houses belonging to a Mr Bell who owned the stone quarry that lay south of the village. With the demise of the quarry works the original village of Bellshill died away and a neighbouring village called
Images from Bellshill. Bellshill, Lanarkshire is a small town with a pleasant character and the birthplace of Sir Matt Busby (Scottish Football Player and Manager).
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of the village. With the demise of the quarry works the original village of Bellshill died away and a neighbouring village called Crossgates (situated at what we now know as Bellshill Cross) became the focal point of the local area. In about 1810 this growing.
