Carluke, Lanarkshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Carluke town and parish with railway station Bartholomew
Carluke a town and a parish Groome
Kirkstyle a former burgh of barony Bartholomew

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

Place Type of entry Source
Auchter a rivulet Groome
Belston an estate Groome
Braidwood a village and an ancient barony Groome
Braidwood village with railway station Bartholomew
Brownlee an estate, with a mansion Groome
Brownlee seat Bartholomew
Castlehill village Bartholomew
Fiddler Burn affluent Bartholomew
Ha' Hill mound Bartholomew
Hallbar Tower ancient fortalice Bartholomew
Hallcraig an estate, with a mansion Groome
Hallcraig House seat Bartholomew
Kilcadzow a village, with a public school Groome
Kilcadzow village Bartholomew
King's Law hill Bartholomew
Law a mining village Groome
Law village with railway station Bartholomew
Mauldslie Castle a mansion Groome
Mauldslie Castle seat with extensive park Bartholomew
Milton Lockhart seat Bartholomew
Milton-Lockhart a mansion Groome
Roadmeetings village Bartholomew
Roadmeetings a village Groome
Thornice part of Bartholomew
Yieldshields village Bartholomew

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
Braidwood 0 2
Crossford 0 2
Dalserf 0 2
Cartland 0 2
Morningside 0 1
Overtown 0 2
Nemphlar 0 2
Newmains 0 2
Cambusnethan 0 2
Bonkle 0 2
Wishaw 0 2
Cleghorn 0 2
Kirkfieldbank 0 3
Lanark 6 4
Dalziel 0 2
Auchenheath 0 2
Larkhall 0 2
Blackwood 0 2
Bellside 0 1
Cleland 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

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