OLD MONKLAND
" Monkland, Old, par., N. Lanarkshire, on North Calder Water, 10,935 ac., pop. 37,323; contains Coatbridge; the church of Old Monkland is 1½ mile SW. of Coatbridge; coal and iron are extensively worked."
From John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887
Bibliography
Cemeteries
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.1695-1854
m.1790-1854
d. nil
Description and Travel
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.
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 Old Monkland (NS725635):
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Old 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 Old Monkland which are provided by:Gazetteers
Ask the GENUKI Gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Old Monkland to another place.Historical Geography
- Details of the administrative areas of which Old 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 NS725635 (Lat/Lon: 55.847844, -4.038033), Old Monkland which are provided by:- StreetMap
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps
- Old Maps Online
- Vision of Britain
- Magic (Click + on map to view it)
- 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 ----
