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Lanarkshire Towns & Parishes |
"a town in Avondale parish, Lanarkshire ..... terminus of a branch line of the Caledonian. It stands 600 feet above sea-level, on both banks of the Powmillan Burn, 1 mile above its influx to Avon Water, and is a place of some antiquity. Seemingly it grew up under the protection of a strong castle built by an illegitimate grand-son of the second Duke of Albany, Andrew Stewart, who in 1456 obtained the barony of AVONDALE, and next year was created Lord Avondale".
(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
Some Monumental Inscriptions from Strathaven Cemetery.
Lists of cemeteries in Lanarkshire.
"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)
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.