Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Cambusnethan. You may be able to find further references to Cambusnethan in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Cambusnethan parish Bartholomew
Cambusnethan a village and a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Cambusnethan.

Place Type of entry Source
Allanton seat Bartholomew
Allanton a mansion and estate Groome
Berryhill place with public school Bartholomew
Berryhill a place, with a public school Groome
Blackhall a station Groome
Blind Burn a brook Groome
Bonkle a village Groome
Bonkle village Bartholomew
Breich a rivulet Groome
Chapel a village Groome
Chapel and Stirling Bridge village Bartholomew
Coltness an estate, with a mansion Groome
Dariucad Linn headstream Bartholomew
Hall Gill ravine Bartholomew
Headlesscross district Bartholomew
Lingore Linn affluent Bartholomew
Morningside village Bartholomew
Newmains town with railway station Bartholomew
Overtown a large village Groome
Stane a village Groome
Stane village Bartholomew
Waterloo a village Groome
Waterloo village Bartholomew
Wishaw police burgh Bartholomew
Wishaw House a mansion Groome

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Newmains 0 2
Wishaw 0 2
Dalziel 0 2
Morningside 0 1
Cleland 0 2
Overtown 0 2
Bonkle 0 2
Bellside 0 1
Newarthill 0 2
Carfin 0 2
Dalserf 0 2
Motherwell 0 2
Carluke 0 3
Larkhall 0 2
Holytown 0 2
Allanton 0 2
Salsburgh 0 2
Dykehead 0 2
Chatelherault 1 2
Calderhead 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Cambusnethan. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CAMBUSNETHAN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

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  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.