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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Morningside like this:
Morningside, a mining village in Cambusnethanparish, Lanarkshire, with stations on branch lines of both the Caledonian and North British railways, 3 miles by road E by N of Wishaw, and 7 by railway SSE of Holytown. It has a post and telegraph office and a public school. Pop. (1861) 780, (1871) 428, (1881) 740.—Ord. Sur., sh. 23, 1865.
Morningside is now part of NORTH LANARKSHIRE Council. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH LANARKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Morningside itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Morningside, in North Lanarkshire and Lanarkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21797
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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