Hello all,
I have a marriage registration of a brother of my G-G_grandfather who married (RC) in Springvale, Springburn in 1855. Just a little curious about this Springvale. I would image that Springburn was a pretty small village itself at that time and not have smaller villages within it. I would be grateful if anybody could shed some light.
Best regards,
Bill
Springvale?
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WilmaM
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Re: Springvale?
Hi Billy,
as is often the case, a quick look at some old maps helps get a better sense of things.
Springvale House is just south of the 'original' Springburn and there a cotton mill bearing the name too.
Around the Cowlairs Station area.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=1 ... orld&o=100
The big house doesn't appear on later maps.
St Aloysius RC Church was [and still may be] just north of there, so I expect that's where they married.
the virtuall mitchell has a couple of images:
https://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtual ... 7133177868
and canmore refers to it as Springvale Railway Village:
https://canmore.org.uk/site/169243/glas ... ay-village ,
and has a photo of the mills in modern times
https://canmore.org.uk/site/167794/glas ... oy-factory
Other sources say it was built to house the mill workers owned by J Findlay who lived in the Springvale house.
what was your chap's occupation? was he a mill worker.
as is often the case, a quick look at some old maps helps get a better sense of things.
Springvale House is just south of the 'original' Springburn and there a cotton mill bearing the name too.
Around the Cowlairs Station area.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=1 ... orld&o=100
The big house doesn't appear on later maps.
St Aloysius RC Church was [and still may be] just north of there, so I expect that's where they married.
the virtuall mitchell has a couple of images:
https://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtual ... 7133177868
and canmore refers to it as Springvale Railway Village:
https://canmore.org.uk/site/169243/glas ... ay-village ,
and has a photo of the mills in modern times
https://canmore.org.uk/site/167794/glas ... oy-factory
Other sources say it was built to house the mill workers owned by J Findlay who lived in the Springvale house.
what was your chap's occupation? was he a mill worker.
Wilma
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billymac
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- Location: NSW, Australia
Re: Springvale?
Thank you so much Wilma. That has given me a clearer idea and better understanding of the link between the two places. And yes, the St Aloysius Chapel cropped up in many of my early family marriages.
Regards,
Bill
Regards,
Bill