A Merry Christmas To You All! This Snow Covered Swiss Cottage, Neilsland photograph was taken during the 1940’s and was kindly sent to me by William McIntosh.
Merry Christmas To You All!
Neilsland And Earnock Estates Photograph Notes.
Notes On Photographs Of The Neilsland And Earnock Estates In Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Lord Byron Statue At The Swiss Cottage, Neilsland c. 1940’s
Keep the Heid! Here he is, in all of his majestic splendor! The Lord Byron Statue At The Swiss Cottage, Neilsland c. 1940’s, with his head intact. Gathering up his cloak with his left hand and clasping a book in his right, he settles down in a seated position within the tranquil surroundings to take rest and gaze out on the pond, in an afternoon’s repose.
In the foreground of the photograph you can see the entrance and exit point of a small water drainage channel that led away from the rockery and down towards the weir. Behind Lord Byron and some rhododendron shrubs is a more close-up and detailed front view of The Swiss Cottage.
The photograph was kindly sent to me by William McIntosh. He informed me that at the time the photograph was taken there were at least three statues located at the site; 1): Lord Byron, 2): Robert Burns and 3): Mary Of Argyle. The Burns statue was located near the Swiss Cottage and the correct title for the statue is “the figure….resting from the plough” or “Burns….resting from the plough”. The sculpture was recently purchased by the Carluke Parish Historical Society and placed in an undisclosed safe location until a permanent site can be found. The Mary Of Argyle statue was positioned near the small original stone bridge and its current location is unknown.
Written By
Hamilton Historian.
Terence (Terry) Murphy.
The Swiss Cottage, Neilsland c. 1940’s
This is the second only photograph of the Swiss Cottage, Neilsland to have ever been published. It was kindly sent to me by William McIntosh. William’s uncle lived in the cottage during the 1940’s and in fact his cousin was actually born there. It is interesting to note the scale of the cottage as it is much larger than I had previously thought. This is a view looking at one of the sides of the cottage from the now Woodhead Green side of the weir.
Written By
Hamilton Historian.
Terence (Terry) Murphy.
Sir John Watson Bt Of Neilsland And Earnock Photograph At Egypt.
Hamilton Historian. Terence (Terry) Murphy. Holding The Original Photograph Of Sir John Watson Bt Of Neilsland And Earnock On His Egyptian Tour c. 1898. It Was Printed 122 Years Ago. For Full Details Regarding The Photo Please Refer To My History Note Titled: ” Sir John Watson Bt Of Neilsland And Earnock c.1898 Photo At Heliopolis Obelisk, Egypt.”
By
Hamilton Historian.
Terence (Terry) Murphy.
Sir John Watson Bt Of Neilsland And Earnock c. 1898 Photo At Heliopolis Obelisk, Egypt.
This is an original photograph of Sir John Watson Bt of Neilsland and Earnock and his second Wife Harriet Drury Mackenzie Visiting the Heliopolis Obelisk (Now Cairo) in Egypt c. February 1898. He died during September of the same year. The photograph is actually fixed to the reversed side backing of my other history note entitled ” The Neilsland Monster.” The document formerly belonged to Jeanette (Watson) Jack (Who also wrote The Neilsland Monster Story) and it was her granddaughter Louise Jack, who subsequently gifted it to me.
Hamilton Historian. Terence (Terry) Murphy. Holding The Original Photograph Of Sir John Watson Bt Of Neilsland And Earnock At The Heliopolis Obelisk , (Now Cairo) Egypt c. February 1898.
Written By
Hamilton Historian.
Terence (Terry) Murphy.
The. Great. War. John Watson Ltd. Poster.
Hamilton Historian. Terry Murphy 