Blaeu - Atlas of Scotland 1654 - STERLINENSIS - Slamannan

Longriggend is a village in

North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire ( sco, North Lanrikshire; gd, Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It als ...

, Scotland, with a population of approximately 200. It is situated on moorland 8 km north-east of Airdrie, in the

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of New Monkland. It is roughly half way between Upperton and Caldercruix. The village appeared on a map by

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, under the name of ''Langrodge''. It was published in 1596 but the letters are difficult to read. The toponymy is listed along with other -rigg placenames. Longriggend is also shown on another map by Roy c1754.

Slamannan Railway The Slamannan Railway was an early mineral railway between the north-eastern margin of Airdrie and Causewayend on the Union Canal, near Linlithgow, Scotland. The Slamannan Railway was built to give access for minerals from pits in the Slaman ...

joined Longriggend with Airdrie and the

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in 1840, but its

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prevented its connection with the ''Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway''. Coal pits in the area used the railway extensively, and by 1895 there was a station at Longriggend. By 1901 its population had reached over 1500, and it had a post and

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office, and an inn nearby. The

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in 1867 also recorded a

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school in the village.

Longriggend Fever Hospital and Remand Institution

Historically, there was a tuberculosis

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in the part of the village now known as Upperton. The hospital was converted into Longriggend Remand Institution which has now been closed and demolished.

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