M'Crone's Farm (Wood Farm), Thornliebank
c.1905
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A black and white postcard of M'Crone's Farm, otherwise known as Wood Farm, in Thornliebank.
Title:
M'Crone's Farm (Wood Farm), Thornliebank
Date of work:
c.1905
Search dates:
01 Jan 1900 - 31 Dec 1909
Reference number:
1420
Level of description:
Item
Type of materials:
Graphic materials
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
General notes:
McCrone's Farm, Thornliebank dates from the years when Giffnock was a rural area and McCrone's with the Orchard Farm land, stretched from Robslee to Park Road and right up to Burnfield Road. McCrone's Farm was demolished to make way for Woodfarm High School which opened as a Junior Secondary School in September 1962. By 1978 it was a local six year comprehensive, taking pupils from Giffnock, Robslee, Braidbar and Thornliebank. Giffnock had been a scattered, rather isolated farming community until about 1789 when the Earl of Eglinton was forced to sell off land in a number of small properties in order to raise finances.
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Record types:
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Language:
English
Record number:
9262150