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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LESMAHAGOW [parish] Lesmahago
Lesmahagoe
Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow
Statistical Account of Lanarkshire (Lesmahagow parish) page 30
Statistical Account of Lanarkshire (Lanark parish) page 1
Statistical Account of Lesmahagow (Carmichael parish) page 518
Statistical Account of Lanarkshire (Douglas parish) page 477
Statistical Account of Lanarkshire (Avondale or Strathaven parish) page 301
Statistical Account of Lanarkshire (Stonehouse parish) page 469
Statistical Account of Lanarkshire (Dalserf parish) page 720
Statistical Account of Lanarkshire (Carluke parish) page 564
Statistical Account of Ayrshire (Muirkirk parish) page 148
Blackwood's County Map of Lanark
Forrest's Map of Lanarkshire
Johnston's Map of Lanarkshire
024; 025; 031; 032; 036; 037; 038 This parish is supposed to derive its name from Les, or Lis, signifying in Gaelic a green or garden and Machute, the tutelar Saint of the place, who is said to have settled here in the sixth century. The parish may be described as nearly square and contains 67 square miles, or 34,000 acres. It is bounded on the east by the parishes of Lanark and Carmichael; on the South by Douglas and Muirkirk; on the west by Strathavon & Stonehouse; and on the north by Dalserf and Carluke. The average elevation of more than three-fourths of the parish is probably about 500 feet above the sea;- the remainder lying upon the west and South-west side, rises into considerable hills, dividing the Counties of Lanark and Ayr, some of which may be supposed to be 1200 feet high: they afford an excellent sheep pasture. ** This parish abounds in springs of excellent water. *** There are no historical events of importance connected with Lesmahagow except burning by of the brother of Edward III of the abbey and its destruction a second time by fire, kindled by the zeal of the old reformers. This religious spirit appears to have broken fourth on more occasions for many of the inhabitants bore arms at Bothwell Bridge. The colours and the

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Transcriber's notes

The reference to an Authority "Statistical Account of Lesmahagow (Carmichael parish) page 518" is probably a mistake by the surveyor for "Lanarkshire"
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