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Greengairs Oil Works

Former parish and county:
Parish of New Monkland, Lanarkshire
Local authority:
North Lanarkshire
Ownership:
Opened:
Presumably constructed c.1865
Closed:
Unclear
Current status of site:
Uncertain
Regional overview:

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Redwood notes that Greengairs Oil Works were operated by Thornton between 1863 - 1867, however there is no mention of this in the valuation records.

The 1871 census records ten shale miners resident at Blacktongue Rows and nineteen shale miners or oil works living in Greengairs, the majority in East Rows. These seem likely to have employed at Loanhead and other local oil works.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1898.

Below: Rateable value entries from 1865 - 1885, although many may refer to mineral and empty land.

It seems possible that the Valuation roll information refer to the works listed as Drumgray Oil Works.

  • Rateable value by year
    • Date Rateable Value Owner Occupier Notes
      1865 £40 Patrick Rankine per. John Rankine: Writer Hill of Drumgray Coal Company Land for oil works
      1866 £12 Patrick Rankine per John Rankine: Writer Patrick Rankine per John Rankine: Writer Land for oil works. Reduced on appeal.
      £450 Drumgray Coal Company Drumgray Coal Company
      1867 £-- Drumgray Coal Company Drumgray Coal Company
      £300 Drumgray Coal Company per James Murray Drumgray Coal Company per James Murray
      1868-71 £12 Drumgray Coal Company per James Murray Drumgray Coal Company per James Murray
      £300 Drumgray Coal Company per James Murray Drumgray Coal Company per James Murray
      1872 £12 Drumgray Coal Company per James Murray Drumgray Coal Company per James Murray
      £300 Drumgray Coal Company per James Murray Drumgray Coal Company per James Murray
      1873 £12 Patrick Rankine John Rankine
      1874 £12 Patrick Rankine John Rankine
      £300 John Rankine John Rankine
      1875 £12 John Rankine John Rankine
      £180 John Rankine John Rankine
      1876-77 £12 John Rankine John Rankine
      £180 John Rankine John Rankine Empty
      1878 £12 John Rankine John Rankine
      £50 John Rankine John Rankine Empty (N.F.E.)
      1879-85 £12 Patrick Rankine Patrick Rankine Land for oil works
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