Distillery Name : Avonglen Distillery
Distillery Area : Lowland, Scotland
Product : Malt Whisky
Operated Between : 1827 - 1830
Current Status : Inactive
Location : Millheugh, Larkhall, South Lanarkshire.
Map Grid Reference : NS752510
Current Owner : None
Notes : Prior to becoming a distillery, the site was a calico print works. Following closure as a distillery, the site was re-purposed as a bleachworks, which operated until 1980.
Timeline
1827 - Distillery opened by James Paterson.
1827 - Distillery produced 829 gallons of spirit from Malt in the quarter to 5th April 1827.
1827 - Goold & Burns (Gold & Burns in Excise accounts).
1827 - Distillery produced 5,580 gallons of spirit from corn wash in year to 10th November 1828.
1828 - Distillery produced 1,917 gallons of spirit from corn wash in year to 10th November 1829.
1828-29 - John Burns & Co.
1830 - John Burns & Co. sequestrated.
1830 - According to the Excise accounts the distillery had no output in the year to 10th November 1830.
1830 - Distillery closed.
References
The Scotch Whisky Industry Record - H. Charles Craig, 1994.
Canmore.org.uk (Avonbank Bleachworks).
Excise accounts 1824-1829.