Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Westquarter

Westquarter, a village in Glassford parish, Lanarkshire, 2 miles NE of Strathaven. Westquarter House is the seat of Jn. Miller Wilson Jackson, Esq. of Hallhill (b. 1861; suc. 1865), who holds 563 acres in the shire, valued at £434 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 23, 1865.


(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: Glassford Parish       Lanarkshire County
Place: Glassford

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