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Header: [Page] 30 Co. Lanark Dalziel Parish: Description of Motherwell continued from page 29:-
number of houses and shops are at present being erected. It has very extensive railway communiation as the Clydesdale Junction, and the Wishaw & Coltness Scectionof the Caledonian Railway, and the Lesmahagow (minerals) railway here form a junction. The origin of the name Motherwell is said to be derived from a well about 1/2 a mile to the south west of the village, in Hamilton Parish dedicated to the Virgin Mary and called the Lady Well.