Bantaskine

Bantaskine is a park with woodlands in Falkirk, Scotland[1] that was formerly the Bantaskine Estate, a coal mining estate.[2][3][4][5] Artist Mary Georgina Wade Wilson grew up there. The Battle of Falkirk Muir was fought nearby.[6] It is also known as South Bantaskine. North Bantaskine on the other side of the canal was an agricultural estate.[7] It is listed as a historically significant archeological site by Historic Environment Scotland.[8]

Etymology

The name may be from the Welsh words for a rise and a hollow, signifying a rise over a hollow.[9]

History

The property was owned by a merchant operating in West Indian territories, Thomas Campbell Hagart.[10] A brickworks was also on the property.[11]

Wilson family

The Bantaskine estate was held by the Wilson coal magnate family.[5] Coal magnate Robert Wilson established the estate as part of his coal mining empire. After his death, his 21 year-old son and future MP John Wilson (1815 - 1883) took over running the estate. He had eight daughters and a son.[12] Mary Georgina Wade Wilson (September 12, 1856 - 1939) is known for her watercolor and pastel paintings.[13] She grew up on the Bantaskine Estate in Falkirk before training in Edinburgh and Paris. Her work includes illustrations[14] especially of gardens.[15] The Falkirk Museum has an image of her as a child.[16]

The Falkirk Community Trust Museum & Archives Collections has one of her works.[17]

The stained glass windows from a mansion that once stood in the property are preserved at a local shopping center.[18]

Robert Moffat stayed at the estate several times.[5][19] It had substantial landscaping and gardens. Miss Wilson used them as a subject of her paintings.[20]

Further reading
  • Moffat, John Smith, Robert Moffat and Mary Moffat. The Lives of Robert and Mary Moffat. p 394. Armstrong (1885).
  • Ross, David R. On the Trail of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Edinburgh: Luath Press (2004). ISBN 0946487685

References
  1. "Parks & estates - Bantaskine Estate | Falkirk Council". www.falkirk.gov.uk.
  2. "Bantaskine Estate | MyParkScotland".
  3. "Parks & estates - Bantaskine Estate | Falkirk Council". www.falkirk.gov.uk.
  4. "South Bantaskine Estate". April 26, 2018.
  5. "Bantaskine family reigned when coal was king". www.falkirkherald.co.uk.
  6. Forth Valley Orienteers | Results | Bantaskine Local Event ... https://fvo.org.uk/events/2019/jun/16/bantaskine-local-event
  7. Meek, Donald. "Passages from Tiree".
  8. "South Bantaskine | Canmore". CANMORE. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  9. Waldie, George (July 6, 1883). "Walks Along the Northern Roman Wall: And Notes by the Way on the Early History of Falkirk, Arthur's Oven, the Gododin Poems, and Other Curious Things". G. Waldie – via Google Books.
  10. "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slave-ownership". www.ucl.ac.uk.
  11. "Falkirk Fire Brickworks, South Bantaskine, Falkirk, Stirlingshire | Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry".
  12. http://www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/heritage/archives/finding-aids/docs/russel_aitken/49_-_Wilson.pdf
  13. Halsby, Julian (July 5, 1986). "Scottish Watercolours, 1740-1940". Batsford – via Google Books.
  14. "WILSON Mary Georgina Wade 1856-1939 | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk.
  15. Ian Elfick; Paul Harris (1998). T.N. Foulis: The History and Bibliography of an Edinburgh Publishing House. Werner Shaw. ISBN 978-0-907961-10-9.
  16. "Scran Web Site". Scran.
  17. "Search Results". collections.falkirk.gov.uk.
  18. Ross, David R. (November 16, 2000). "On the Trail of Bonnie Prince Charlie". Dundurn – via Google Books.
  19. Moffat, John Smith (July 6, 1888). "The Lives of Robert & Mary Moffat". A.C. Armstrong & son – via Google Books.
  20. Maxwell, Sir Herbert (July 6, 1911). "Scottish Gardens: Being a Representative Selection of Different Types, Old and New". E. Arnold – via Google Books.
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