LESMAHAGOW
" par. and vil. with ry. sta., Lanarkshire - par., 41,299 ac., pop. 9949; vil. (also called Abbey Green), on river Nethan, 6 miles SW. of Lanark and 12 miles SE. of Hamilton, pop. 1386; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; the parish church stands on the site of a 12th century priory; Lesmahagow is chiefly a mining parish, but large quantities of fruit are also grown."
From John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887
Bibliography
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.
Cemeteries
Census
Lanarkshire Family History Society have for sale Indexes of the 1851 census including for Lesmahagow.
Church History
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.
Church History
Church Records
- Churches in Lesmahagow (NS814398):
- Church of Scotland
- Our Lady and Saint John, Carlisle Road, Roman Catholic, Blackwood
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Lesmahagow area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.
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Description and Travel
Description of the Parish of Lesmahagow.
You can see pictures of Lesmahagow which are provided by:Gazetteers
Ask the GENUKI Gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Lesmahagow to another place.Historical Geography
- Details of the administrative areas of which Lesmahagow has been a part can be seen in Vision of Britain, which contains details of historic boundaries, and more about the place.
History
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
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NS814398 (Lat/Lon: 55.637282, -3.885675), Lesmahagow which are provided by:- StreetMap
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps
- Old Maps Online
- Vision of Britain
- Magic
- GeoHack
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google map.
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
Population
Year Population 1831 ---- 1841 ---- 1851 ---- 1861 ---- 1871 ---- 1881 ---- 1891 ----
Schools
Lesmahagow High School
