Timeline - EagleshamEaglesham
1172 Robert de Montgomerie and High Steward died. Robert had obtained the manor of Eaglesham from the High Steward
1528 Manor house of Eglinton burnt to the ground by Cunningham
1596 Eaglesham transferred to Presbytery of Glasgow
1637 James Woodrow, Prof of Divinity at College of Glasgow, born Eaglesham. Father of Robert, Historian and Minister of Eastwood 1703.
1672 Conventicles at Mearns, Eaglesham and Lochgoyne.
1685 1st May, Eaglesham Covenanters murdered.
18th Century Eaglesham Parish School, situated in Gilmour Street, had average attendance of 73
1733 Polnoon Lodge built, hunting lodge of the Montgomeries
1765 Linn Cottage, Eaglesham; built as huntsman’s cottage
1769 Eaglesham Village re-built 1769 as a planned village
1791 Earl of Eglinton has a cotton mill constructed on the Orry
1798 Robert Pollok, poet, born 19th Oct at North Moorhouse
1802 First gas lamp erected in area, Gas Works Lane
1814 William Gemmill, local sculptor, born in Eaglesham
1859 Eaglesham House built at Riverside for the Gilmour Family, who bought the lands in 1844
1900 Robert Pollok monument unveiled at Loganswell, 24th Sept
1929 The Orry, land bought by Eaglesham Parish Council from Angus Gilmour
1941 10th May, Rudolf Hess, 48 years old, landed in field near Floors Farm, Eaglesham. Supposedly on his way to see the Duke of Hamilton.
1960 Eaglesham becomes a listed village
1995 Statue House, Eaglesham acquired by Eastwood Council
