The New Statistical Account of Scotland: LanarkW. Blackwood and Sons, 1845 - Scotland |
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acres amount annum appears attended average number Baillie banks barony belonging Biggar Bishop of Glasgow Blantyre bolls Bothwell bridge built burgh Cadder Calder Cambuslang Cambusnethan Carluke Carnwath Castle chalders chapel chiefly church Clyde coal considerable crops Dalserf district Douglas Dunsyre Earl east Edinburgh Elsrickle erected extent farm fathoms feet females former freestone Glasgow glebe Gorbals Govan ground Hamilton heritors hill improvement inches inhabitants ironstone James John Kilbride Kilbucho kirk labour Lammingtoune Lanark land Larkhall late lime limestone Lockhart Lord manse manufacture merks miles Millheugh minister Monkland nearly parish parochial pasture persons planted poor population presbytery present proprietors rent rish river river Clyde road Robert Rutherglen sandstone Scotland Scots seams Shotts side Society soil stipend stone Strathaven teinds tion town trees upwards village whole William wrought
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