The lost village of Haywood

[tumble112]

Haywood was once a thriving mining community on the Lanarkshire moors. The village began in the 19th century
and at one time boasted a church, a school, a police station, a railway station, a licensed inn and a variety of local traders and shops. The village football team remianed unbeaten for eleven years at one point.

The coal mined here was used for oil distillation. Decline set in around the late 1920s and the community was abandoned by the early 1950s. All that remains is the ruined inn, a small cottage and the war memorial.

First the inn, which was originally a farmhouse which predated the 19th century village.

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An inscription on a windowsill of the inn reads: Oh Annie went thou here tae (to) see A waefu wumin (woeful woman) thou wad (would) be. It is thought this was dedicated to a landlady of the inn.

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The cottage. (This seems to have been lived in more recently.)

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Looking to where the village square would have been

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Finally the War Memorial

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[dead format]

Nice!

Thats a Woslely steering wheel for anyones info

Particularly like how the electrical infrastructure has survived! I wonder when the place was fully abandoned, as a few parts of that installation look to date a tad later than the 1950's

 

[HughieD]

Love this sort of stuff. Great pix Sludden...

 

[smiler]

I can remember those electric kettles, gran wouldn't have one in the house, made the tea taste funny! Lovely Pics Sludden, I enjoyed it, Thanks

 

[Dirus_Strictus]

I wonder when the place was fully abandoned, as a few parts of that installation look to date a tad later than the 1950's

As Sludden states, all references point to the village ceasing to be a community in the early fifties, but that would not stop individuals who did manage to find work in the area, from using the more solid structures as habitations. Judging by what went / goes on in the surrounding area this building was used as a dwelling long after the 1950's and the interior remains give evidence to this.

 

[Rubex]

Sludden that's lovely! Nice bit of history great photos!

 

[tumble112]

Thqnks everyone for the comments and information. It makes trudging around the countryside worthwhile!

 

[Mikeymutt]

Lovely stuff sludden..you captured it beautifully too.

 

[The_Derp_Lane]

Brilliant stuff here.

 

[flyboys90]

Nice find in a great location.I think the car looks more like an A30 with that badge? Thanks for sharing.

 

[tumble112]

Nice find in a great location.I think the car looks more like an A30 with that badge? Thanks for sharing.

Yes I think you're right, it's either an a30 or a35. The plate on the engine rocker cover with the manufacturers' name was badly corroded.

 

[night crawler]

Nice!

Thats a Woslely steering wheel for anyones info

Particularly like how the electrical infrastructure has survived! I wonder when the place was fully abandoned, as a few parts of that installation look to date a tad later than the 1950's

Don't talk shit it's an A35 peanut and the badge on the wheel is Austin. Interesting little explore