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Jerviston

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part of New Stevenston. The park's main entrance was once the location of early-1800s miners' row cottages known as 'Jerviston Square', which had deteriorated to a terrible standard by the time a newspaper correspondent visited in 1875 and had apparently not improved at all when described in a report to a Royal Commission on the industry in 1914, They contrasted starkly with the luxurious conditions at the turreted mansion house across the road, Wrangholm Hall, built by a local mine owner but also subsequently demolished in the 1990s.
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In the 1960s, the 18th-century Jerviston House was demolished and replaced by a new club house with modern facilities – today the Colville Park club hosts events such as weddings there. Around the same time, what remained of the 15th-century castle – which had become dilapidated – was also torn down.
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The area of woodland to the immediate north of the golf course at Jerviston is the Riccard Johnston Park, previously a centuries-old farm converted to community recreational use in the 1980s. Also known locally as 'The Coby' (referencing the Cobbleton Plantation which lies within the park), it is
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plants in the area transformed Motherwell from a small village into a bustling industrial town in the late 19th century. After the death of David Colville Snr, the estate was gifted to the employees of the steel works and turned into a public park for the benefit of local people. A
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from the rest of Motherwell, although are within the town's administrative borders. The Jerviston/Cleekhimin settlement is part of a wider built-up area comprising the mining communities of
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and Dalzell. However, in 2017 a dispute with the country club over fees led to the team relocating matches and hospitality to other parts of the town, although they retained the name.
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Jerviston is also the name of a small residential area to the east of the country club which, along with the adjacent
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neighbourhood (a former mining hamlet which became a council housing estate, setting of the 2019 documentary film
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The tree-lined driveway to the old mansion is now the approach road to the country club
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Evidence presented by John Wilson to Royal Commission, 29th April 1913
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adjacent to the older buildings. Jerviston was later purchased by the
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Notes on Miners' Houses Part III | Motherwell and Holytown District
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The estate was once the location of a small castle (
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estate
Scottish
Motherwell
North Lanarkshire
Laird
Robert Baillie
Kingencleugh Castle
James
Robert Adam
country house
Colville family
steelmaking
country club
golf course
bowling greens

Colville Park A.F.C.
works team
Ravenscraig

Scheme Birds
new Ravenscraig redevelopment
South Calder Water
Carfin
New Stevenston
Newhouse
Newarthill
Holytown
Bellshill

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