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Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 41 - Parish of Lamington and Wandel, OS1/21/41

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Lanarkshire -- Lamington and Wandel Parish

Lamington Tower
German Text [type face to use on map]

Also written on the page - On the South side of the Episcopal church at Lamington there is a stone built into and forming part of the wall; on the stone in raised letters are the initials E.B. and the Escutcheon of the Bailiie family, and cut in modern letters "This Stone taken from Wallace's Tower""

"The chief residence of the laird was, not withstanding still at the Castle or Tower of Lammingtoune. It is of unknown antiquity, though generally supposed to have been erected before the time of Wallace between 500 and 600 years ago." New Stat. Act. [Statistical Account])

Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 41 - Parish of Lamington and Wandel, OS1/21/41

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Lamington and Wandel.

Ordnance Survey - Lanark county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Lanark, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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