Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Morningside

Morningside, a mining village in Cambusnethanparish, Lanarkshire, with stations on branch lines of both the Caledonian and North British railways, 3 miles by road E by N of Wishaw, and 7 by railway SSE of Holytown. It has a post and telegraph office and a public school. Pop. (1861) 780, (1871) 428, (1881) 740.—Ord. Sur., sh. 23, 1865.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a mining village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lanarkshire County
Place: Morningside

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