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Lanarkshire Towns & Parishes |
"a parish at the south-western extremity of the middle ward of Lanarkshire, containing towards it's north-eastern angle the post town of STRATHAVEN, with a station on the Caledonian, 9 miles S by W of Hamilton and 19 (15 by road) SSE of Glasgow."
"A roman road, running parallel to the Avon, is traceable for 2-3/4 miles, from Lochar Mill to Sandford; AUCHENGILLOCH in the S. and DRUMCLOG in the W. make Avondale famous in the annals of the Covenanters."
"Pop. (1831) 5761, (1861) 6125, (1871) 5460, (1881) 5466 of whom 3812 belonged to Strathaven.
(Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 1883)
Strathaven of the past
from the picture postcard collection of Joe McKague
printed and published November 1996 by Duguid Printers, 6 Chapel Road,
Strathaven ML10 6NA
"There are several limestone quarries, and clay is found for the manufacture of drain tiles; but a shaft that was opened some years ago to a seam of inferior coal, employed in the limekilns, has been abandoned."
"Somewhat more than one-half of the entire area is arable; but it is by its dairy-farming that Avondale has long won most celebrity, the farmers of the Strath being scarcely equalled in fattening calves for the butcher."
(Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 1883)
Some Monumental Inscriptions from Strathaven Cemetery
Lists of cemeteries in Lanarkshire can be found on the county page.
Dates of Old Parish Registers
b.1698-1854
m.1709-1854
d. nil
"In the presbytery of Hamilton and synod of Glasgow & Ayr, this parish is divided, quoad sacra, into Avondale (pop 3259 in 1871) and the chapelry of East Strathaven (pop 2201). The living is worth £472; and both churches, being situated at Strathaven, will be noticed in the articles thereon, along with the Free Church, three U.P. churches, and Roman Catholic church."
(Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 1883)
The website of Avendale Old Parish Church and Drumclog Memorial Kirk.
"Under the school-board there are 5 public and 3 denominational schools, viz. Barnock, Chapel, Crosshill, Drumclog, Gilmourton, Glengival (Gen. As.), Strathaven (Free Ch) and Strathaven (R. Cath.)"
(Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 1883)
Based on pages created by Robert Dixon.