When Paul Bishop moved to Scotland from Australia in 1998, he and his wife bought The Mill House in Baldernock, the small rural parish between Milngavie and Torrance. Since then, he has been researching the history of the Mill and of others in Baldernock and Milngavie using old maps, archives and analysis of the sediments in the Baldernock Mill dam. These mills embody features that make Scottish mills distinctive from those in England. Baldernock Mill is a particularly good example of a small Scottish rural mill, with its varied history as corn mill, saw mill, and rural dwelling. A minor disaster there even rated a mention in the Kirkintilloch Herald in 1932. This talk features images of parts of Baldernock mill that have been rarely seen and now will never been seen again as the mill is currently being completely re-developed as a 21st century dwelling.
