Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Monkland, Old

Monkland, Old, par., N. Lanarkshire, on North Calder Water, 10,935 ac., pop. 37,323; contains Coatbridge; the church of Old Monkland is 1½ mile SW. of Coatbridge; coal and iron are extensively worked.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Old Monkland Parish       Lanarkshire County
Place names: MONKLAND     |     MONKLAND OLD     |     OLD MONKLAND
Place: Old Monkland

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