Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Nerston

Nerston, a village in East Kilbride parish, Lanarkshire, 1½ mile N by E of East Kilbride town. Its name is a contraction of North-East-Town.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: East Kilbride Parish       Lanarkshire County

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