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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLD MONKLAND [parish] | Old Monkland Parish, Old Monkland Parish, Old Monkland Parish, Old Monkland Parish, Old Monkland Parish, Old Monkland Parish |
Sheriff's Returns, New Statistical Account, Old Staistical Account, Chalmer's Caledonia, Fullarton's Gazetteer, County Map, Origines Parochiales Scotiae. |
007; 008; 011 | "The Lands of Monkland formerly constituted A third part of the domains of the Abbacy of Newbattle, were for many ages the property of a company of Cistertian or Bernardine monks belonging to that Abbey, hence the very obvious appelation, the "Monklands", was given to all their ecclesiastical domains in this quarter of the Country, When this extensive district was afterwords divided and erected into two parishes, one of these parishes was called Old or West Monkland,and the other New or East Monkland, and they are now popularly known by the names of the Old and New Monklands," |
Continued entries/extra info
Header: Lanarkshire No.21 Parish of Old Monkland"The parish of Old Monkland is a remarkably fine, extensive, rather flat and low lying district, extending along the eastern bank of the River Clyde for many miles, immediately after leaving the highly ornamental and picturesque scenery of Bothwell and Hamilton, and before it reaches the great and commercial emporium of the west, the City of Glasgow."
Old Monkland is bounded on the north by the parishes of New Monkland and Cadder; on the East by part of the parish of New Monkland and Bothwell on the south.
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