NEW MONKLAND
" Monkland, New, par. and vil., N. Lanarkshire, on North Calder Water - par. (containing Airdrie), 19,885 ac., pop. 27,816; vil., 1½ mile NW. of Airdrie, pop. (including Glenmavis) 369; Monkland is rich in coal and ironstone; Monkland Well, a chalybeate spring, was formerly famous. "
From John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887
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Cemeteries
There are two main cemeteries in New Monkland. One is named "New Monkland Cemetery" and is situated within the town of Airdrie. The other is named "Old Monkland Cemetery," and is situated within the town of Coatbridge. For all enquiries about Cemeteries in North Lanarkshire contact:-
North Lanarkshire Council
Cemeteries Office,
1 Southerhouse Rd,
Coatbridge,
Lanarkshire ML5 4AA
It is understood that they will normally only accept written requests for information.
Census
Church History
Dates of Old Parish Registers
b.1693-1854
m.1703-1854
d.1748-1849
Covenanters
On Friday 30th November 1683, John Whitelaw from New Monkland was executed
with other Covenanters. He became known as the Monklands Martyr.
Local Information
A web site for the Monklands area of Lanarkshire can be found at
http://www.monklands.com.
This site includes pages devoted to Genealogy, including their Family History
Information Exchange Board, as well as information and photographs from towns
in the Monklands area.
For History and Information on the town of Airdrie visit
http://airdrie.net. This site
covers all manner of information about the town and a Message Board which has
been used by several overseas visitors looking for relatives and
friends.
Church Records
- Churches in New Monkland (NS752677):
- Church of Scotland
- Chapel Hall, Non-conformist
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the New Monkland 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.
If you keep this page loaded for a very long time and the database is updated since loading it, the church links above may become stale and may display the wrong church. If this happens, reloading this page will correct them.
Description and Travel
You can see pictures of New Monkland which are provided by:Gazetteers
Ask the GENUKI Gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from New Monkland to another place.Historical Geography
- Details of the administrative areas of which New Monkland has been a part can be seen in Vision of Britain, which contains details of historic boundaries, and more about the place.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NS752677 (Lat/Lon: 55.886265, -3.996872), New Monkland 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
Newspapers
The local newspaper for the area is the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser
Population
Year Population 1831 ---- 1841 ---- 1851 ---- 1861 ---- 1871 ---- 1881 ---- 1891 ----
