Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Stonehouse

Stonehouse, town and par., Lanarkshire, on Avon Water, 7 miles SE. of Hamilton and 18 miles SE. of Glasgow by rail - par., 6241 ac., pop. 3173; town, pop. 2615; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; is largely inhabited by miners and weavers.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Stonehouse Parish       Lanarkshire County
Place: Stonehouse

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