Reference

BOOKS USED FOR REFERENCE:

  • Geology and Scenery in Scotland by J. B. Whittow
  • History of Rutherglen and East Kilbride (1793) by the Rev David Ure
  • East Kilbride, a History of Parish and Village (1965) by Thomas Niven
  • Busby and its Neighbourhood (1883) by the Rev William Ross
  • Walks by Busby and Thorntonhall (1980) by H. D. McBeath
  • History of the Scottish People 1560-1830 by T. C. Smout
  • The Lion of the North by John Prebble
  • Men of the Covenant by Alexander Smellie
  • The Scottish Covenanters by James Barr
  • Scottish Worthies (1775) by John Howie (edited in 1870 by Rev W. Carslaw)
  • Booklet on the Covenanting Movement, historical research by Jim Stevenson and Ronald Carey
  • Glasgow and the Clyde a Hundred Years Ago by John Tweed (1872)
  • Glaswegiana by William Barr
  • The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry (1878)
  • My Name is Helen by Madam Stuart Stevenson
  • Data from the Castlemilk Stuarts’ Family Tree and History Books as the result of a visit in 1980 by Madam’s Grandson, James
  • Bare Feet and Tackety Boots by Archie Cameron
  • Scottish Historic Buildings (booklet), Scottish Development Dept.
  • Little Houses (booklet), National Trust for Scotland
  • Post Offices of Scotland by J. Henderson
  • Tree Survey, Glasgow Corporation
  • Five of the maps included in the book were reproduced from the 1754 drawing and the 1864, 1898 and 1912 Ordnance Survey maps. The sixth was reproduced from the 1965 Ordnance Survey 1/2500 scale, with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, (c) Crown Copyright
  • The photographs for reproducing in this book were kindly lent by Marshall Lambie, Angus MacDonald, Mrs Betty Perry, Mr. Alex Jamieson, Mr. John Connell, Miss Bel Crawford, Mrs Sheila Hutchison, Miss Georgina MacGregor, Mrs Patricia Taylor, the Rutherglen Reformer, and Mr. Peter Christie