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...
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...
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....
WHEN Dorothy Aitken jumped out of bed to tell her dad a German Messerschmitt had just flown past her window, he told her not to be daft and to go back to sleep. But not only had the 12-year-old schoolgirl correctly identified the enemy plane, she...