Old Monkland, Lanarkshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Monkland, Old parish Bartholomew
Monkland, Old a parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Barachnie village Bartholomew
Braehead village Bartholomew
Braes a village Groome
Braes village Bartholomew
Bredisholm an estate, with a mansion Groome
Broomhouse village with railway station Bartholomew
Calderbank village Bartholomew
Camp a farm Groome
Carmyle village with railway station Bartholomew
Causewayside village Bartholomew
Clifton the seat Groome
Clyde Iron-works a village, with large pig-iron works Groome
Clyde Ironworks village Bartholomew
Coatbridge a town Groome
Coatbridge town with railway station Bartholomew
Crosshill a south-eastern outbreak of Baillieston village Groome
Drumpark village Bartholomew
Drumpellier extensive iron-works and mineral pits Groome
Dykehead a village Groome
Dykehead village Bartholomew
Easterhouse mining village with railway station Bartholomew
Easterhouse a collier village Groome
Faskine an estate and a village Groome
Greenend a village Groome
Greenend hamlet Bartholomew
Kilgarth hamlet Bartholomew
Kirkwood Colliery (or Braehead) mining village Bartholomew
Kirkwood or Braehead a collier village Groome
Maryston, West village Bartholomew
Merryston, West a village Groome
Mount Vernon village with railway station Bartholomew
Mount-Vernon a station Groome
Muirhead a village Groome
Muirside a village Groome
Swinton village Bartholomew
Swinton a village Groome
Whifflet town with railway station Bartholomew

Travel writing

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Dikehead 0 2
Bargeddie 0 2
Coatbridge 0 2
Garturk 0 2
Gartsherrie 1 2
Carnbroe 0 2
Calder 0 2
Bellshill 0 2
Uddingston 0 2
Mossend 0 2
Swinton 0 2
Baillieston 0 2
Easterhouse 0 2
Faskine 0 2
Broomhouse 0 2
Airdrie 0 2
Gartcosh 0 1
Bothwell 2 2
Ballochney 0 2
Calderbank 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

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

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

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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.