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Lesmahagow - The Parish and The People
written by Bill Clelland, this small book is available from the Lesmahagow
Parish Historical Association and any profits from sales also go to this body.
The book can also be obtained from
Mr R McLeish
8 The Crescent
Lesmaghagow
Lanarkshire ML11 0DP Scotland
Lanarkshire Family History Society have for sale Indexes of the 1851 census including for Lesmahagow.
Dates of Old Parish Registers
b.1692-1854
m.1692-1854
d.1765-1854
The Church of Scotland congregations in Lesmahagow come under the Presbytery of Lanark
Covenanters
On Friday 30th November 1683, John Cochrane, a shoemaker from
Lesmahagow, was executed with other Covenanters.
John Steel was a leader of the Covenanters in the Lesmahagow area and some
information about him, his father Robert and his brother William can be
found
here.
Although not specifically a family history society, the Lesmahagow Parish Historical Association has a very substantial collection and answers many queries each year on family history. They have OPRs, Census (incl.1821!), graveyard transcriptions, Poll tax, 18th century Cess, Minister's catechising list etc etc. They don't have a web site but can be contacted via Julian Hodgson, 12 Greenrig Road, Hawksland, Lesmahagow ML11 9QA
Lesmahagow High School
Based on pages created by Robert Dixon.