The ECS has received funding to purchase a year’s subscription to Zoom Professional which will allow the Society to run monthly online talks. Secured with thanks to Eaglesham and Waterfoot Community Connections, the sessions start this November as follows: Wednesday 18th November 2020 – Faifley Rocks and...
Eaglesham History Society and The Regeneration of Eaglesham’s Environment (TREE) were delighted to receive a copy of the Early Day Motion put down by our MP Kirsten Oswald to commemorate an historic moment in the village’s history. The motion celebrated the moment on 12 August 1960...
A new presentation about the village and its surroundings has been compiled and uploaded for readers to enjoy. Entitled A Short History of Eaglesham, the online project was compiled by Eaglesham History Society Secretary Kenneth Mallard. Among other things, it includes information about the origins of the...
Due to the recent events, our monthly meetings and trips including April’s Annual General Meeting and dinner and May’s trip to Summerlee Industrial Museum have been cancelled. Our programme of speakers for 2020-2021 is already in place and we will resume our meetings and activities when...
It is with deep regret we announce the recent passing of Bill Niven, honorary president of Eaglesham History Society. Bill was an active and enthusiastic member of the local community. A town councillor from 1963 until 1973, Bill was heavily involved in the development of the...
We are excited to announce that we have received funding of £5,250 from the AOE Windfarm Community Fund to carry out repairs and maintenance and improvements to the Eaglesham Heritage Trail. The popular Heritage Trail, which was officially opened in September 2011, was a project of...
Eaglesham History Society, assisted by members of Association of Certificated Filed Archaeologists (ACFA), carried out a Community Geophysical Survey from the 5th to the 9th June 2017. Pupils from Eaglesham Primary School, Williamwood High School and Mearns Castle High School took part in workshops throughout the...
We've now finalised the dates and times of the upcoming events for the Eaglesham Orry Geophysical Survey, which runs from June 5-9. The exhibitions will be held at Lodge Eaglesham 1265, 17 Polnoon Street, on the following days: Wed 7 June (9am-5pm) Thu 8 June (10am-4pm) Fri 9 June (10am-4pm) Heritage...
Eaglesham, The Farmlands and the Orry is a new book by Susan Hunter which brings together 18 Association of Certificated Field Archaeologists (ACFA) Occasional Papers recording fieldwork carried out over 20 years in the Parish of Eaglesham....
The Society is planning to carry out a survey of the Orry in June to try and identify the possible existence of the old village, demolished in 1769 by Alexander Montgomerie to make way for a new planned village....