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Airdrie: Airdrie House
built 613 days ago
Definitive evidence of the existence of Airdrie as a tenantry was only made clear in 1503. The old Monks road was via Cliftonhill (an area now in neighbouring Coatbridge), Airdrie House (now the site of Monklands Hospital), Aitchison Street, High Street, Hallcraig, Flowerhill and Colliertree. It was along this road that the first houses in Airdrie were built. Development was slow and it was only around 1650 that evidence of the number of inhabitants was known at around 500 for the Airdrie area.
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Airdrie developed only slowly, and by 1840 the High Street still comprised only single storey weavers' cottages. When a certain Mr Paton built a two storey house it was known by locals as
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The Airdrie House estate was owned and occupied by the Hamilton family for nearly 300 years. The Hamilton reign came to an end in 1749. In 1769 the Aitchison’s bought the estate for £5,400 that the Alexanders later inherited. In 1887 Sir John Wilson bought the estate and it was to be the home of the Wilsons until it became the local maternity hospital in 1919.
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The old Monks road was via Cliftonhill, Airdrie House (Manor Drive/ Monkscourt Avenue), Aitchison Street, High Street, Hallcraig, Flowerhill and Colliertree. It was along this road that the first houses in Airdrie were built. (It is thought that there was another road/track joining Drumpelier to Kipps Farm and on to Monkscourt Avenue).
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