Blairlinn

Blairlinn is the site of one of Cumbernauld's several industrial estates built as satellite developments on the periphery of the Scottish town's residential areas.

View from historic Wester Blairlinn Farm towards Condorrat and the Campsie Fells
Lenziemill is to the right of the railway line with the park and ride at Greenfaulds Railway Station. Blairlinn is to the far right over the Luggie
Stag – formerly at the entrance to Blairlinn Industrial Estate but now fenced in for its protection by the Highland Colour Coaters[1]

Toponymy

The etymology of the name is probably 'Pool, or mill-dam, plain’ (blàr linne).[2]

Modern Estate

The modern industrial estate is about a mile south of the town centre. It was opened as Blairlinn Industrial Estate by the Secretary of State for Scotland on Friday, 22 September 1961. In 1962 Telehoist was one of the first companies to set up there.[3] Some of the early factories were about 22,000 square feet with room for enlargement.[4]

Large companies using the estate include Farmfoods,[5] Dreams,[6] and Mackintosh.[7][8] There are over 20 other companies in the complex.[9][10]

North of the estate is a steep glen through Luggiebank Wood which is now a nature reserve managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust.[11]

History
West Blairlinn Farm (ruin)

Before the building of the new town, there were three farmsteads known as Wester, Mid and Easter Blairlinn.[12] All three were south of the Luggie Water with Wester Blairlinn near the east bank of the Shank Burn and Easter Blairlinn near the west bank of the Cameron Burn.[13] Mid Blairlinn and Easter Blairlinn are reported to have had some coal within 900 feet of the surface.[14] There seems to have been an old flax mill at Pettycastle, West Blairlinn.[15] It is shown as a ruin on the first edition of the six inch ordnance survey map of Lanarkshire.[16] Several other old maps show Blairlinn with various spellings including maps by Charles Ross,[17] William Forrest,[18] and William Roy.[19]

Blaeu's map[20] based on Pont's original[21] "Glasgow and the county of Lanark" map c.1596 depicting Blairlyne[22] (Blairlinn) between the Schanck (Shank Burn) and Kamrõ (Cameron Burn)

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  7. Moss, Victoria (18 September 2016). "Reign of glory: how British heritage house Mackintosh took the catwalks by storm". Telegraph Media Group Limited. The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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  9. "Endole Suite". Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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  11. "Luggiebank Wood". Scottish Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  12. "Blairlinn, North Lanarkshire". The Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  13. "OS 25 inch map 1892-1949, with Bing opacity slider". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  14. Brown, M. Walton (ed.) (1897). Transactions Of The Federated Institution Of Mining Engineers (VOL. XII-1896-97 ed.). Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Institution of Mining Engineers (Great Britain ). p. 448. Retrieved 27 January 2018.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  15. Historic Environment Scotland. "Wester Blairlinn (179769)". Canmore. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
  16. "Pettycastle Flax Mill (ruin)". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  17. "Ross' map with repair around Blairlin". NLS. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  18. "Forrest's Map". NLS. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  19. "Roy's map of the Lowlands". NLS. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  20. Blaeu, Joan. "Glottiana Praefectura Inferior". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  21. "Glasgow and the county of Lanark - Pont 34". Maps of Scotland. Timothy Pont (16th century). Retrieved 31 December 2017.
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