< Go Back Dixon's Blazes Posted: Apr 16, 2012 Sometimes deeds have a long initial narrative which is very interesting and informative. I have just been looking at a deed which gives a long link in title between William Smith Dixon and Mary Bagnell or Morgan, who in 1900 inherited large areas of ground owned by William Dixon, including the site of the famous Dixon's Blazes Ironworks on the south side of Glasgow beside Rutherglen, not far from where I spent the first 10 years of my life. There was obviously a lack of children in the families involved, which gave an interesting line of succession. William Dixon left his land to his wife, who left it to her nephew (who had to add the surname Dixon to his name). He then left it to his wife, who in turn left it to her sister, Mary Bagnell or Morgan. The residue of these titles is still owned by the Trustees of Mrs Mary Morgan, whose husband was a Surgeon Major in the army.