Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a
historic county,
lieutenancy area and
registration county
A registration county was, in Great Britain and Ireland, a statistical unit used for the registration of births, deaths and marriages and for the output of census information. In Scotland registration counties are used for land registration purpose ...
in the
central Lowlands of
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
.
Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotland, as it contains most of
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
and the surrounding
conurbation
A conurbation is a region comprising a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. In most ca ...
. In earlier times it had considerably greater boundaries, including neighbouring
Renfrewshire until 1402. Lanarkshire is bounded to the north by the counties of
Stirlingshire and
Dunbartonshire (this boundary is split into two sections owing to Dunbartonshire's
Cumbernauld
Cumbernauld (; gd, Comar nan Allt, meeting of the streams) is a large town in the historic county of Dunbartonshire and council area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the tenth most-populous locality in Scotland and the most populated t ...
exclave), to the northeast by
West Lothian
West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its shires of Scotland, historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geogra ...
and
Mid Lothian
Midlothian (; gd, Meadhan Lodainn) is a counties of Scotland, historic county, registration county, lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in the eas ...
, to the east by
Peeblesshire
Peeblesshire ( gd, Siorrachd nam Pùballan), the County of Peebles or Tweeddale is a historic county of Scotland. Its county town is Peebles, and it borders Midlothian to the north, Selkirkshire to the east, Dumfriesshire to the south, and Lan ...
, to the south by
Dumfriesshire, and to the west by
Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...
and
Renfrewshire.
Administrative history
Lanarkshire was historically divided between two administrative areas. In the mid-18th century it was divided again into three wards: the upper, middle and lower wards with their
administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
s at
Lanark,
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
and
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
, respectively, and remained this way until the
Local Government Act of 1889. Other significant settlements include
Coatbridge,
East Kilbride
East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...
,
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
,
Airdrie,
Blantyre
Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, L ...
,
Cambuslang
Cambuslang ( sco, Cammuslang, from gd, Camas Lang) is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of Greater Glasgow, Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th largest town in Scotland by population, although, never having had a ...
,
Rutherglen,
Wishaw
Wishaw ( sco, Wishae or Wisha ; gd, Camas Neachdain) is a large town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of the Clyde Valley, south-east of Glasgow city centre. The Burgh of Wishaw was formed in 1855 within Lanarkshire. it formed ...
,
Bellshill
Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, southeast of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell to the south, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton to the south ...
,
Strathaven and
Carluke
Carluke (; gd, Cathair MoLuaig) is a town that lies in the heart of the Lanarkshire countryside in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, northwest of Lanark and southeast of Wishaw.
Carluke is largely a commuting town, with a variety of small stores ...
. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 established a uniform system of
county council
A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.
Ireland
The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irela ...
s in Scotland and realigned the boundaries of many of Scotland's counties. Subsequently, Lanark County Council was created in 1890. The county council was initially based at
County Buildings in Wilson Street in Glasgow but, from 1930, it was located at
Lanarkshire House in Ingram Street in Glasgow. Lanark County Council relocated to
Lanark County Buildings
The Lanark County Buildings, also referred to as the South Lanarkshire Council Headquarters, is a local government facility in Hamilton, Scotland.
History
Originally the headquarters of Lanark County Council (which had previously been based at ...
in
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
in 1964.
In 1975, the
county council
A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.
Ireland
The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irela ...
was abolished and the area absorbed into the larger
Strathclyde region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
, which itself was abolished when new
council areas for Scotland were introduced in 1996. The old area of Lanarkshire is now occupied by the council areas of:
*
Clydesdale (district)
Clydesdale (pronounced ; in Scottish Gaelic, ) was the name given to one of the nineteen districts of the Strathclyde region in Scotland from 1975 to 1996. The name is an archaic title for Lanarkshire, one of the traditional counties of Sco ...
,
East Kilbride (district),
City of Glasgow (1975–1996),
Hamilton (district)
Hamilton (Scottish Gaelic: ''Hamaltan'') was a local government district in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, lying to the south-east of the regional capital Glasgow.
Local Government
As its name suggests, the district (o ...
,
Monklands (district)
Monklands (''Bad nam Manach'' in Scottish Gaelic) was, between 1975 and 1996, one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland.
The district was formed by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 from:
*The burg ...
,
Motherwell (district)
Motherwell (Scottish Gaelic: ''Tobar na Màthar'', Scots: ''Mitherwall'') was a local government district in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, lying to the south-east of the regional capital Glasgow.
Local Government
As ...
(1975–1996)
*
East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire ( sco, Aest Dunbartanshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north of Glasgow and contains many of the affluent areas to the north of the city, including Bear ...
,
Glasgow City Council
Glasgow City Council is the local government authority for the City of Glasgow, Scotland. It was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, largely with the boundaries of the post-1975 City of Glasgow district of the S ...
,
North Lanarkshire,
South Lanarkshire
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(1996–present)
North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire have a joint board for valuation and electoral registration. There is also a joint health board, which does not cover
Rutherglen and the surrounding area in South Lanarkshire. Without the northern portion of North Lanarkshire, this is also a
lieutenancy area.
Coat of arms
Lanarkshire was granted a coat of arms by the
Lord Lyon
The Right Honourable the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grant ...
on 24 December 1886. The arms is: Party per chevron
gules
In heraldry, gules () is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple).
In engraving, it is sometimes depict ...
and
argent, two cinquefoils pierced in chief
ermine, and in base a man's heart counter-changed. The cinquefoils come from the arms of the
Clan Hamilton
The Clan Hamilton, or House of Hamilton, is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council o ...
, and the heart from the arms of the
Clan Douglas
Clan Douglas is an ancient clan or noble house from the Scottish Lowlands.
Taking their name from Douglas in Lanarkshire, their leaders gained vast territories throughout the Borders, Angus, Lothian, Moray, and also in France and Sweden. The f ...
, the two main local families. The crest is a demi-eagle displayed with
two heads,
sable
The sable (''Martes zibellina'') is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kaza ...
beaked gules. The motto is ''VIGILANTIA''.
Geography
Lanarkshire occupies the valley of the
river Clyde
The River Clyde ( gd, Abhainn Chluaidh, , sco, Clyde Watter, or ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third-longest in Scotland. It runs through the major cit ...
, which crosses the county from the north-west to south-east. It is predominantly flat and agricultural, rising to the south with the
Lowther Hills of the
Southern Uplands, with
Culter Fell on the border with Peeblesshire being the highest point at 748 m (2,454 ft). In the east a small portion of the
Pentland Hills lie in the county, in the vicinity of
Tarbrax
Tarbrax (Scottish Gaelic: "An Tòrr Breac" - meaning "the speckled tor") is a small village in the Parish of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road off the A70 road between Edinburgh and Carnwath.
Tarbrax has ...
and
Dunsyre
Dunsyre ( gd, Dùn Saghair) is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is from Carnwath. Dunsyre is associated with an ancient barony and parish church. The name of Dunsyre is of Celtic origin and is supposed to signify the "Hill of the S ...
. In the far south lies the
Daer Reservoir
Daer Reservoir and dam, alt=Daer Reservoir and dam with a blue footbridge extending out into the water and mown grass banks surrounding and a stone wall leading up to the dam
Daer Reservoir is a man-made waterbody created by the damming of the D ...
. Northern Lanarkshire is dominated by the
Glasgow conurbation, Scotland's largest city, though some small bodies of water can be found such as the Roughrigg Reservoir, Lilly Loch, Hillend Reservoir, Forrestburn Reservoir and
Black Loch
The Black Loch is a small freshwater loch or reservoir in the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is near the village of Limerigg and close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire.
The surface area of the Black Loch was enl ...
.
Rivers
*
North Medwin River
*
South Medwin River
*
River Clyde
The River Clyde ( gd, Abhainn Chluaidh, , sco, Clyde Watter, or ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third-longest in Scotland. It runs through the major cit ...
*
River Avon
*
South Calder Water
The South Calder Water, known locally as "The Cawder", or simply "Calder", is a river in Scotland. It runs west from the high plateau between Shotts and Fauldhouse to its joining with the much larger River Clyde.
The high plateau is also the wa ...
Mining industry
From the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century Lanarkshire profited from its rich seams of coal in places such as
Glenboig
Glenboig (Scottish Gaelic: An Gleann Bhog) is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland lying north of Coatbridge and to the south east of Kirkintilloch and is approximately from Glasgow City Centre. According to a estimate, the population of ...
.
[ As the coal industry developed around Glasgow in the 1700s the price of coal to the city rose under the control of a cartel of coal owners. The solution was to carve out a canal to take advantage of the good (and uncontrolled) coal deposits of the Monklands area. By 1793, the Monklands canal was completed and the Lanarkshire coal industry thrived. The resulting boom lasted for over 100 years but reached its peak by the second decade of the twentieth century and even two world wars failed to halt the contraction. Output in the county continued to fall and the National Coal Board concentrated investment in Ayrshire, Fife and the Lothians. By 1970 there were only four collieries left in Lanarkshire and the closure of Cardowan in 1983 brought the long decline to an end.
]
Transport
The M74 motorway
The A74(M) and M74 form a major motorway in Scotland, connecting it to England. The routes connect the M8 motorway in central Glasgow to the Scottish-English border at Gretna. In conjunction with their southward continuation, the M6 motorwa ...
links Glasgow with Carlisle
Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...
and points further south, with the M8 linking the city to Edinburgh
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. Glasgow and the surrounding areas are well served by numerous roads and train lines. The West Coast Main Line cuts north–south across the county and connects Glasgow with Manchester
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, Birmingham
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and London
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. Glasgow is also served by the Glasgow Subway
The Glasgow Subway is an underground light metro system in Glasgow, Scotland. Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the fourth-oldest underground rail transit system in Europe after the London Underground, Liverpool's Mersey Railway and the Budapes ...
.
Events
Lanarkshire hosted the International Children's Games
The International Children's Games (ICG) is an International Olympic Committee-sanctioned event held every year where children from cities around the world and between the ages of 12 and 15 participate in a variety of sports and cultural activitie ...
in August 2011. A total of 1,300 competitors and coaches, along with administrators and delegates, representing 77 cities from 33 countries worldwide attended.
Civil parishes
*Barony (Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
)
*Bothwell
Bothwell is a conservation village in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. It lies on the north bank of the River Clyde, adjacent to Uddingston and Hamilton, east-south-east of Glasgow city centre.
Description and history
An ancie ...
*Blantyre
Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, L ...
* Biggar
*Cadder
Cadder (Scottish Gaelic: ''Coille Dobhair'') is a district of the town of Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located 7 km north of Glasgow city centre, 0.5 km south of the River Kelvin, and approximately 1.5 km nort ...
*Carmunnock
Carmunnock ( gd, Cathair Mhanach) is a conservation
Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws.
Conservation may also refer to:
Environment and natural reso ...
*Cambusnethan
Cambusnethan is a large village and suburb on the eastern edge of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It is approximately long, straddling both sides of the A722 on a hill overlooking Wishaw.
Etymology
The name "''Cambusnethan"'' was his ...
*Carluke
Carluke (; gd, Cathair MoLuaig) is a town that lies in the heart of the Lanarkshire countryside in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, northwest of Lanark and southeast of Wishaw.
Carluke is largely a commuting town, with a variety of small stores ...
* Carstairs
* Carnwath
*Covington
* Carmichael
*Crawfordjohn
Crawfordjohn ( gd, Creamhain Eòin) is a small village and civil parish of 117 residents located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland. 1854. VOL.I (AAN-GORDON) by Rev. John Marius Wilson. p.315 https://archive.org/ ...
*Crawford
Crawford may refer to:
Places Canada
* Crawford Bay Airport, British Columbia
* Crawford Lake Conservation Area, Ontario
United Kingdom
* Crawford, Lancashire, a small village near Rainford, Merseyside, England
* Crawford, South Lanarkshire, a ...
* Coulter
*Dalziel
* Dalserf
*Dunsyre
Dunsyre ( gd, Dùn Saghair) is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is from Carnwath. Dunsyre is associated with an ancient barony and parish church. The name of Dunsyre is of Celtic origin and is supposed to signify the "Hill of the S ...
*Dolphinton
Dolphinton is a village and parish in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located northeast of Biggar, 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Carstairs, 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Leadburn and 27 miles (43 km) southwest of Edinburgh, on the ...
*Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
*Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
*Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil W ...
*Govan
Govan ( ; Cumbric?: ''Gwovan'?''; Scots: ''Gouan''; Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile a' Ghobhainn'') is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of south-west City of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated west of Glasgow city centre, on the south ba ...
* Gorbals
*Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
*Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
*East Kilbride
East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...
*Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow ( ; sco, Lismahagie or ''Lesmahagae'', gd, Lios MoChuda) is a small town in the historic county of Lanarkshire on the edge of moorland, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland. Lesmahagow was also a civil parish. It lies west o ...
* Lanark
*Libberton
*Lamington
*New Monkland, Airdrie
* Old Monkland
*Pettinain
Pettinain is a hamlet and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, east of Lanark. Bartholomew's ''Gazetteer of the British Isles'' described Pettinain in 1887 as "par. and vil., Lanarkshire, on river Clyde - par., 3900 ac., pop. 360; vil., ...
*Royalty
* Rutherglen
* Shotts
* Strathaven
* Stonehouse
* Symington
*Wilston
Wilston is a northern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wilston had a population of 3,937 people.
Geography
Wilston is located by road north of the Brisbane GPO. It has a mix ...
* Wiston and Roberton
Settlements
* Abington
* Airdrie
* Allanton
* Anderston
*Annathill
Annathill () is a small village located near Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, although closer to Glenboig. The name "Annathill" is thought to be derived from a patron saint's church. Annathill is on the banks of the Mollins Burn, a tribu ...
* Ashgill
*Auchengray
Auchengray is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Overview
It has a small church whose architect was Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832–98), the ground given by George Robertson Chaplin (proprietor) of Colliston House, Arbroath, ...
* Auchenheath
*Auchenshuggle
Auchenshuggle ( ; gd, Achadh an t-Seagail, lit=the rye field) is an area of the city of Glasgow in Scotland, to the south of Tollcross.
It was the easternmost part of the Braidfauld (45th) Ward of the City of Glasgow, and has been in the larg ...
* Auldhouse
*Baillieston
Baillieston ( sco, Bailiestoun) is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. It is about east of the city centre.
It also gives its name to Ward 20 of Glasgow City Council and forms part of the Glasgow East constituency of the UK Parliament.
Geograph ...
* Balornock
* Bargeddie
*Barlanark
Barlanark ( ) is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated east of Budhill, Shettleston and Springboig, north west of Baillieston, west of Springhill and Swinton and south of Easthall, Easterhouse and Wellhouse.
Name
Th ...
*Barmulloch
Barmulloch ( gd, Barr a' Mhullaich) is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. Formerly rural, it was developed as a post war overspill housing area, largely featuring Prefabricated housing. Barmullo ...
*Bellahouston
Bellahouston ( gd, Baile Ùisdean, sco, Hughstoun) is a district in the southwest of Glasgow. It is bordered by Dumbreck, Ibrox, Pollokshields, Craigton.
History
Bellahouston Estate in the parish of Govan was purchased in 1726 by James Row ...
*Bellshill
Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, southeast of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell to the south, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton to the south ...
* Biggar
* Birkenshaw
* Birniehill
*Bishopbriggs
Bishopbriggs ( sco, The Briggs; gd, Achadh an Easbaig) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the northern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately from the Glasgow city centre, city centre. Shires of Scotland, Historically in ...
* Blackhill
* Blackwood
*Blantyre
Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, L ...
* Blythswood Hill
*Bogside
The Bogside is a neighbourhood outside the city walls of Derry, Northern Ireland. The large gable-wall murals by the Bogside Artists, Free Derry Corner and the Gasyard Féile (an annual music and arts festival held in a former gasyard) are pop ...
* Bonkle
*Bothwell
Bothwell is a conservation village in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. It lies on the north bank of the River Clyde, adjacent to Uddingston and Hamilton, east-south-east of Glasgow city centre.
Description and history
An ancie ...
*Braehead
Braehead ( sco, Braeheid, Gaelic: ''Ceann a' Bhruthaich'') is a commercial development located at the former site of Braehead Power Station in Renfrew on the south bank of the River Clyde in Renfrew, Renfrewshire. It is particularly notable ...
* Braidfauld
* Braidwood
* Bridgeton
* Broomhill
* Broomhouse
*Budhill
Budhill is a neighbourhood in the east end of the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. It is situated between Springboig to the north-east, Greenfield to the north-west and Shettleston to the south.
The area is a ...
* Burnbank
* Burnside
* Busby
*Cadder
Cadder (Scottish Gaelic: ''Coille Dobhair'') is a district of the town of Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located 7 km north of Glasgow city centre, 0.5 km south of the River Kelvin, and approximately 1.5 km nort ...
*Calderbank
Calderbank is a village outside the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies west of the M73 motorway, M73, on the west bank of the North Calder Water. The village lies east of Glasgow city centre and ar ...
* Caldercruix
*Caldermill
Caldermill is a small settlement in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Caldermill is south-west of Strathaven, and is the next settlement a driver will come across after leaving Strathaven on the A71 westbound towards Kilmarnock. Caldermill is a haml ...
* Calderwood
* Calton
*Cambuslang
Cambuslang ( sco, Cammuslang, from gd, Camas Lang) is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of Greater Glasgow, Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th largest town in Scotland by population, although, never having had a ...
* Camlachie
* Carnwath
*Cardowan
Cardowan is a suburb situated in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the north-eastern outskirts of Glasgow.
Originally built around Cardowan Colliery, Garnkirk fire-clay works and clay mines in the immediate area, Cardowan's proximity to Glasgow has ...
* Carfin
*Carluke
Carluke (; gd, Cathair MoLuaig) is a town that lies in the heart of the Lanarkshire countryside in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, northwest of Lanark and southeast of Wishaw.
Carluke is largely a commuting town, with a variety of small stores ...
* Carmichael
*Carmunnock
Carmunnock ( gd, Cathair Mhanach) is a conservation
Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws.
Conservation may also refer to:
Environment and natural reso ...
*Carmyle
Carmyle ( gd, An Càrn Maol) is a suburb in the east end of Glasgow, Scotland, directly north of the River Clyde. It is in an isolated location separated from the main urban area of the city and has the characteristics of a semi-rural village. A ...
*Carnbroe
Carnbroe is a neighbourhood in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
A former industrial village, Carnbroe is located southeast of Coatbridge and southwest of neighbouring Airdrie. It lies above a meander of the North Calder Water, which flows ...
*Carntyne
Carntyne ( gd, Càrn an Teine) is a suburban district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and in the east end of the city. Since 2007 it has formed the core of the East Centre ward under Glasgow City Coun ...
* Carstairs
*Carstairs Junction
Carstairs Junction ( gd, Snaim Caisteal Tarrais) is a village in South Lanarkshire. Taking its name from the village of Carstairs
Carstairs (, Scottish Gaelic: ''Caisteal Tarrais'') is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Carstairs is ...
* Cartland
* Castlemilk
* Cessnock
*Chapelhall
Chapelhall (from the Gaelic Seipeal Allt - Chapel by a burn) is a village outside the town of Airdrie in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. With house building, the distinction between Airdrie and Chapelhall is being eroded. Established as a small min ...
* Chapelton
* Chryston
* Cleghorn
* Cleland
*Coalburn
Coalburn is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. It is located near the villages of Auchlochan, Bankend and Braehead.
History
The opencast mine that opened in the village in the late 1980s became the biggest mine in Europe by the ea ...
* Coatbridge
*College Milton
College Milton is an area of the Scottish new town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire.
It lies on the western edge of the town, bordering West Mains, and consists of a large industrial estate, split into Northern and Southern halves by the A7 ...
* Colston
* Coulter
* Cowcaddens
*Cowlairs
Cowlairs is an area in the Scottish city of Glasgow, part of the wider Springburn district of the city. It is situated north of the River Clyde, between central Springburn to the east and Possilpark to the west.
Administratively, in the 21st ce ...
* Craigend
* Craigton
* Cranhill
*Crawford
Crawford may refer to:
Places Canada
* Crawford Bay Airport, British Columbia
* Crawford Lake Conservation Area, Ontario
United Kingdom
* Crawford, Lancashire, a small village near Rainford, Merseyside, England
* Crawford, South Lanarkshire, a ...
*Crawfordjohn
Crawfordjohn ( gd, Creamhain Eòin) is a small village and civil parish of 117 residents located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland. 1854. VOL.I (AAN-GORDON) by Rev. John Marius Wilson. p.315 https://archive.org/ ...
* Croftfoot
* Crossford
*Crutherland
Crutherland is a new area of East Kilbride, backing onto Torrance House Golf Course (part of Calderglen Country Park
Calderglen Country Park is a country park in the town of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is situated along the ...
* Dalmarnock
* Dalserf
*Dennistoun
Dennistoun is a mostly residential district in Glasgow, Scotland, located north of the River Clyde and in the city's east end, about east of the city centre. Since 2017 it has formed the core of a Dennistoun ward under Glasgow City Council, ...
*Dolphinton
Dolphinton is a village and parish in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located northeast of Biggar, 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Carstairs, 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Leadburn and 27 miles (43 km) southwest of Edinburgh, on the ...
,
*Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
*Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
*Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil W ...
*Dowanhill
Dowanhill is an area in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland.
An upper middle-class residential district, the area generally contains a mixture of terraced townhouses with private communal gardens, detached villas with private grounds and a number ...
*Drumoyne
Drumoyne ( gd, Druim Uaine) is now a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde and is part of the former Burgh of Govan.
It is the birthplace of Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United football ...
* Drumsagard
*Dumbreck
Dumbreck ( gd, An Dùn Breac, lit, the Speckled Fort) is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated south of the River Clyde.
Dumbreck is a conservation area.
The district is served by Dumbreck railway station. The only church i ...
*Dunsyre
Dunsyre ( gd, Dùn Saghair) is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is from Carnwath. Dunsyre is associated with an ancient barony and parish church. The name of Dunsyre is of Celtic origin and is supposed to signify the "Hill of the S ...
*East Crindledyke
* Eastfield
*East Kilbride
East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...
* East Mains
*Easterhouse
Easterhouse is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, east of the city centre on land gained from the county of Lanarkshire as part of an expansion of Glasgow before the Second World War. The area is on high ground north of the River Clyde and south ...
*Easthall
Easthall is a residential neighbourhood in the East End of the Scottish city of Glasgow. Since 2007 it has been part of the Baillieston administrative ward within the Glasgow City Council area.
Location and amenities
Easthall was constructed in ...
* Elsrickle
* Fernhill
*Ferniegair
Ferniegair is a village across the Avon Water from Hamilton, on the A72 road to Larkhall in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
The village contains the entrance to Chatelherault Country Park and Hamilton Golf Club. The railway station was re-opened ...
*Finnieston
Finnieston is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, situated on the north bank of the River Clyde roughly between the city's Glasgow#West End, West End and the Glasgow#City centre, city centre.
Finnieston is home to the Scottish Exhibition and Conferen ...
* Forrestfield
*Forth
Forth or FORTH may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''forth'' magazine, an Internet magazine
* ''Forth'' (album), by The Verve, 2008
* ''Forth'', a 2011 album by Proto-Kaw
* Radio Forth, a group of independent local radio stations in Scotla ...
* Gallowgate
* Gardenhall
* Garnethill
* Garnkirk
*Garrion Bridge
Garrion Bridge is a small hamlet spanning the border between North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the banks of the Clyde Valley, south-east of Glasgow. The hamlet is most commonly associated with the nearby town ...
*Garrowhill
Garrowhill ( sco, Garraehill or , gd, An Cnoc Garbh)
i ...
*Gartcosh
Gartcosh (Scottish Gaelic: ''Gart Cois'') is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies a few miles east of Glasgow, and about northwest of the town of Coatbridge.
According to a 2012 estimate, the population of Gartcosh was 2,13 ...
*Gartloch
Gartloch is a residential village in Glasgow, Scotland. Outwith the city's urban area (the closest contiguous district being Easterhouse), it is very close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire, south of Garnkirk and west of Gartcosh. To the sou ...
*Garthamlock
Garthamlock is a suburb in the north-east of the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. Provanhall is the nearest neighbourhood to the east; Craigend is directly to the west with Hogganfield Park and Ruchazie beyond ...
* Germiston
* Gilshochill
*Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
* Glasgow Harbour
*Glassford
Glassford (; locally known as ''The Glesart'' ) is a small village located south of Hamilton, and north-east of Strathaven, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It has a population of roughly 500–600 people. Features include the 19th-century Par ...
*Glenboig
Glenboig (Scottish Gaelic: An Gleann Bhog) is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland lying north of Coatbridge and to the south east of Kirkintilloch and is approximately from Glasgow City Centre. According to a estimate, the population of ...
*Glenmavis
Glenmavis is a village in the North Lanarkshire area of Scotland. It is about northwest of Airdrie on the B802 road. It has a population of around ()
Etymology
The etymology of the name is ‘glen of the song-thrush’.
History
Strictly spe ...
*Glespin Glespin is a hamlet in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the A70 road, A70, east of Muirkirk and west of Douglas.
Notable people
Association football, Footballer Bobby Crawford (footballer), Bobby Crawford, who played almost 400 Football Le ...
* Gorbals
*Govan
Govan ( ; Cumbric?: ''Gwovan'?''; Scots: ''Gouan''; Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile a' Ghobhainn'') is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of south-west City of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated west of Glasgow city centre, on the south ba ...
* Govanhill
*Greenfield
Greenfield or Greenfields may refer to:
Engineering and Business
* Greenfield agreement, an employment agreement for a new organisation
* Greenfield investment, the investment in a structure in an area where no previous facilities exist
* Greenf ...
* Greengairs
* Greenhills
*Haghill
Haghill is a residential neighbourhood in Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated in the east end of the city, north of the River Clyde. The housing includes tenements (from the 1900s and the 1930s), former council houses and several more recently con ...
*Hairmyres
Hairmyres is an area of East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated on the west side of the town, close to the main road to Eaglesham and Kilmarnock (also with access to the major A726 Queensway/Glasgow South Orbital dual carriagewa ...
* Halfwayhouse
*Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
*Hamiltonhill
Hamiltonhill is a residential neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow, situated between Possilpark to the north and east and Port Dundas to the south. To the west of Hamiltonhill is a nature reserve bordering the Forth and Clyde Canal's G ...
*Harthope
* Harthill
*Hartwood
Hartwood ( sco, Hertwid, gd, Coille an Daimh) is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Nearby settlements include Shotts, Allanton and Bonkle. The area is rural, with fewer than 50 houses.
Transport is provided at Hartwood railway stati ...
* Hillhead
* Hillhouse
*Hogganfield
Hogganfield is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow, located to the north east of the city centre. Hogganfield is surrounded by the Glasgow districts of Blackhill, Craigend, Millerston, Provanmill, Riddrie, Robroyston, Ruchazie and Ste ...
*Holytown
Holytown ( sco, 'Holy-Town' - Holytown, gd, Baile a' Chuilinn)
* Hutchesontown
*Hyndland
Hyndland is a residential area in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Description
Bordering Broomhill, Dowanhill, Kelvinside and Partickhill, it is an upper-middle-class neighbourhood populated mainly by professionals (many emplo ...
* Ibrox
*Jackton
Jackton is a small village lying just beyond the western periphery of East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, on the B764 road (otherwise known as the 'Eaglesham Road') connecting it to the village of Eaglesham. It is also adjacent to Thorntonhall, a ...
*Kelvin
The kelvin, symbol K, is the primary unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI), used alongside its prefixed forms and the degree Celsius. It is named after the Belfast-born and University of Glasgow-based engineer and phys ...
* Kelvinbridge
* Kelvindale
*Kelvinside
Kelvinside is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde and is bounded by Broomhill, Dowanhill and Hyndland to the south with Kelvindale and the River Kelvin to the north. It is an affluent area of Gl ...
*Kilncadzow
Kilncadzow ( ) is a small village in rural Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies southeast of Carluke and north of Lanark on the A721 road, part of the old road from Glasgow to Peebles.
History
The Roman road which passed through Clydesdale Clydesda ...
* King's Park
* Kinning Park
*Kingston
Kingston may refer to:
Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
*Kirkfieldbank
Kirkfieldbank is a small village and parish in Scotland, on the banks of the River Clyde. It is close to the town of Lanark and is part of the current South Lanarkshire local authority. The village of New Lanark is also close by, some ten minu ...
*Kirkhill Kirkhill or Kirkhills may refer to a number of places.
In Canada:
* Kirkhill, Nova Scotia
* Kirkhill, Ontario, an area of North Glengarry
In Northern Ireland:
* Kirkhills, a townland in County Antrim
In Scotland:
*Kirkhill industrial estate, near ...
*Kirkmuirhill
Kirkmuirhill is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It borders Blackwood, near Lanark and is sited near Junction 9 of the M74 motorway. Its postal sector is ML11 9.
History
In 1810 John Begg, husband of Robert Burns youngest sister Isabe ...
*Lambhill
Lambhill is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated north of the River Clyde, approximately north of the city centre.
Lambhill is a mainly residential area comprising both council and private housing. Residents are of a mixed ...
*Lamington
* Lanark
*Larkhall
*Laurieston, Glasgow, Laurieston
*Law, South Lanarkshire, Law
*Leadhills
*Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow ( ; sco, Lismahagie or ''Lesmahagae'', gd, Lios MoChuda) is a small town in the historic county of Lanarkshire on the edge of moorland, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland. Lesmahagow was also a civil parish. It lies west o ...
*Lightburn, Glasgow, Lightburn
*Lilybank
*Lindsayfield, East Kilbride, Lindsayfield
*Linthouse
*Longriggend
*Luggiebank
*Maryhill
*Maryhill Park
*Millerston
*Milton, Glasgow, Milton
*Mollinsburn
*Morningside, North Lanarkshire, Morningside
*Moodiesburn
*Mossend
*Mossneuk, East Kilbride, Mossneuk
*Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
*Mount Vernon, Glasgow, Mount Vernon
*Muirhead, North Lanarkshire, Muirhead
*The Murray, East Kilbride, The Murray
*Nemphlar
*Nerston, South Lanarkshire, Nerston
*Netherburn
*New Lanark
*New Stevenston
*Newarthill
*Newbank, Glasgow, Newbank
*Newbigging, South Lanarkshire, Newbigging
*Newhouse, North Lanarkshire, Newhouse
*Newlandsmuir, East Kilbride, Newlandsmuir
*Newmains
*Newton, South Lanarkshire, Newton
*North Kelvinside
*Oatlands, Glasgow, Oatlands
*Overtown, North Lanarkshire, Overtown
*Park District, Glasgow, Park District
*Parkhead
*Parkhouse, Glasgow G22, Parkhouse
*Partick
*Partickhill
*Peel Park, East Kilbride, Peel Park
*Pettinain
Pettinain is a hamlet and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, east of Lanark. Bartholomew's ''Gazetteer of the British Isles'' described Pettinain in 1887 as "par. and vil., Lanarkshire, on river Clyde - par., 3900 ac., pop. 360; vil., ...
*Philipshill, East Kilbride, Philipshill
*Plains, North Lanarkshire, Plains
*Plantation, Glasgow, Plantation
*Port Dundas
*Possilpark
*Provanhall
*Provanmill
*Quarter, South Lanarkshire, Quarter
*Queenslie
*Quothquan
*Ravenscraig
*Ravenstruther
*Riddrie
*Rigside
*Roberton, South Lanarkshire, Robertson
*Robroyston
*Rosebank, South Lanarkshire, Rosebank
*Royston, Glasgow, Royston
*Ruchazie
*Ruchill
* Rutherglen
*St Leonards, East Kilbride, St Leonards
*Salsburgh
*Sandford, South Lanarkshire, Sandford
*Sandyhills
*Shettleston
*Shieldhall
* Shotts
*Sighthill, Glasgow, Sighthill
*South Busby
*Springboig
*Springburn
*Springhill, Glasgow, Springhill
*Stand, North Lanarkshire, Stand
*Stepps
*Stewartfield, East Kilbride, Stewartfield
* Stonehouse
* Strathaven
*Summerston
*Swinton, Glasgow, Swinton
* Symington
*Tannochside
*Tarbrax
Tarbrax (Scottish Gaelic: "An Tòrr Breac" - meaning "the speckled tor") is a small village in the Parish of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road off the A70 road between Edinburgh and Carnwath.
Tarbrax has ...
*Thankerton
*Thorntonhall
*Thornwood, Glasgow, Thornwood
*Tillietudlem
*Tollcross, Glasgow, Tollcross
*Toryglen
*Townhead
*Tradeston
*Uddingston
*Viewpark
*The Village, East Kilbride, The Village
*Wattston
*Wellhouse
*Westburn, South Lanarkshire, Westburn
*West Mains, East Kilbride, West Mains
*Westwood, East Kilbride, Westwood
*Westwoodhill, East Kilbride, Westwoodhill
*Whitehills, East Kilbride, Whitehills
*Whiteinch
*Whitlawburn
*Wilsontown
*Wishaw
Wishaw ( sco, Wishae or Wisha ; gd, Camas Neachdain) is a large town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of the Clyde Valley, south-east of Glasgow city centre. The Burgh of Wishaw was formed in 1855 within Lanarkshire. it formed ...
* Wiston
*Woodlands, Glasgow, Woodlands
*Woolfords
*Yieldshields
*Yorkhill
File:Airdrie.jpg, Airdrie
File:Carluke - geograph.org.uk - 122432.jpg, Carluke
File:View of Glasgow from Queens Park.jpg, Glasgow
File:New Lanark buildings 2009.jpg, New Lanark
Maps
Digitised historic and modern maps of Lanarkshire are available from National Library of Scotland including:
Glasgow and the county of Lanark
manuscript map drawn by Scottish cartographer Timothy Pont sometime between 1583 and 1596
The nether ward of Clyds-dail and Glasco
from the Blaeu Atlas of Scotland by Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu published in 1654
A mape of the west of Scotland containing Clydsdail, Nithsdail, Ranfrew, Shyre of Ayre, & Galloway
manuscript map drawn by the Scottish surveyor and map maker John Adair (surveyor), John Adair in about 1685
Map of the town of Glasgow & country seven miles around
by Scottish cartographer Thomas Richardson (cartographer), Thomas Richardson published in 1795
Ainslie's Map of the Southern Part of Scotland
by Scottish cartographer John Ainslie published in 1821
North and south of Lanarkshire
from John Thomson (cartographer), John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland published in 1832
References
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Lanarkshire,
Counties of Scotland
Lieutenancy areas of Scotland
Counties of the United Kingdom (1801–1922)