350 million BC
Formation of layers of shale and cement stone at Ballagan Glen
2860 BC
Dumgoyach Standing Stones
570 AD
The so called Battle of Ardinning fought between a Cumbrian and a Saxon king, traditionally associated with the area
750 AD
The Battle of Mugdock
1174 AD
Strathblane becomes part of the Earldom of Lennox
1216
First mention of “Parochia de Strathblachane” The map shows the parish boundary in the early 19th Century.
1434
Duntreath granted to William de Edmonstone of Culloden
1457
Death of Mary, sister of James 1 of Scotland. There is a memorial tablet in the church.
1601
Kirkhouse Inn established (then at the church gate)
1650
Iron collar “joggs” fixed to the church door to punish wrongdoers
c1657
Construction of Milndavie Mill
https://www.strathblaneheritage.org/dumbrock-mills-and-bleachfields/
1781
First Strathblane Public School erected at Thorn of Cuilt.
1790
Block printing starts at Ballewan
1795
Great Inundation devastates the Blane Valley
1796
The 1st Statistical Account of Scotland
1803
The Parish Church was built.
1841
The 2nd Statistical Account reported on workers’ wages in agriculture and at the printworks.
1851
The Coubrough family become the sole owners of The Blanefield Printworks
1859
Opening of the first Aqueduct, between Loch Katrine and Milngavie
1864
Explosion at the Blanefield Printworks
Seven people were killed, including a 12 year old boy
1867
Opening of the Blane Valley Railway
1867
The Free Church in Netherton opened
1880
Strathblane Bowling Club formed
1886
Publication of John Guthrie Smith’s gargantuan History of the Parish of Strathblane
1893
Opening of St. Kessog’s Roman Catholic Church
1896
Completion of the Second Aqueduct
1898
Blanefield Printworks closed
1909
Official visit by King Edward VII
1910
Demolition of the “Great Chimney Stalk” at the former printworks.
1910
The Cottage, Dumbrock Road, last thatched dwelling to be slated.
1911
Opening of the Village Club
1913
Opening of the Tennis Courts
1914 – 1919
WW1. 27 local men commemorated on Strathblane War Memorial, unveiled on 21st August 1921
1926
Opening of the Edmonstone Hall
1933
Opening of the Carbeth Swimming Pond
1934
United Free Church, Blanefield and the Parish Church are united.
1941
Clydebank Blitz. Sunnyside, Strathblane was destroyed by German bombing and 4 were killed.
1948
Twenty four prefabs were built in Strathblane to tackle the post war housing crisis.
1949
Jean & Nan McGregor retire after 39 years of service as the Strathblane telephonists.
1951
Blane Valley Railway Closes to Passengers
1951
The 3rd Statistical Account (revised 1961)
1966
Opening of the New Primary School
1980
Rob Roy’s tree, Blairquhosh declared unsafe and chopped down
1994
Closure of Strathblane Children’s Home Hospital, built in 1913
2023
Opening of the Thomas Graham Community Library