Volume contents
Continued entries/extra info
It was long a place of rude
antique appearance but
since about the year 1842
many of the houses have
been rebuilt in a somewhat
handsome fashion - Many
of the shops in the principal
Street have a tasteful and
rich appearance. the town is
lighted with gas prepared at
a work erected in 1832 at a
place called Steels Cross in
the Western outskirts. It is also
well supplied with water. and
altogether it is a pleasant quite
healthful rural town and attracts
many tourists from its proximity
to the falls of Clyde. X X X X X
A principal industrial occupation
is handloom weaving - Weekly markets are held on Tuesday
and Saturday and there are 7 annual fairs XX Lanark
unites with Airdrie Hamilton Falkirk
and Linlithgow in returning a member
to Parliament - Municipal Constituency
in 1857 - 199. Parliamentary ---do---- ???
Population of the Royal burgh in 183?
4266 in 1837 - 5304 - Houses 651
Population of the Parliamentary burgh in
1837 - 5008 - houses 601.
Transcriber's notes
The scanning has not captured the writing close to the spine as the book has been folded. I have made reasonable (IMHO) estimates of the missing letters where possible. Where not possible I have put ?s.
Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 42 - Town of Lanark, OS1/21/42
This volume contains information on place names found in the Town of Lanark.
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.