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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Longriggend like this:
Longriggend, a place in New Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, 5 miles NE by E of Coatbridge and 2¾ SW of Slamannan. It has a post office under Airdrie, a railway station, and a handsome Roman Catholic chapel school (1879).—Ord. Sur., sh. 31, 1867.
Longriggend 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 Longriggend itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Longriggend, in North Lanarkshire and Lanarkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22212
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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