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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMOUR STREET | Armour Street | Corner Tickets | 006.11 | A street branching easterly from Barrack St and terminating at Moore Street |
| INFANTRY BARRACKS | Barracks Barracks |
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006.11 | An extensive area enclosed by a high wall, within which exclusive of the Guard house, Canteen, Hospital, Magazine, Prison, and other minor buildings, there are three large buildings for the accommodation of the Infantry. The centre is for Officers; it is a handsome Ashlar building, 4 storeys high. The other 2 buildings placed at right angles from the centre one are for the accommodation of the soldiers. They were erected by Government in 1795. |
| THE BUTTS | The Butts | The New Stat. Acct. of Scotland P.109 Lanark | 006.11 | In 1556 a battle was fought here between James Hamilton Earl of Arran-regent, and the Earl of Lennox, in which the former was defeated. The Butts is now occupied by the Infantry Barracks. |
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In 1556, during the minority of Mary Queen of Scots, James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, an ancestor of the noble home of Hamilton and nearest heir to the throne after Mary, was appointed Regent, this appointment having been opposed by the Earl of Lennox and the Queen Dowager, an engagement took place at the Butts (now the site of the Infantry Barracks). The citizens taking part with Lennox, the Regent was defeated, which so exasperated him, that, rallying his troops, he entered the town and gave it up to pillage; which was so effectively done that the very doors and windows of the houses were destroyed - New Stat. Acct in P.109Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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