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Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 53 - Parish of Shotts, OS1/21/53

Continued entries/extra info

"According to a tradition which seems well authenticated, this parish derives its name from a robber called Bertram de Shotts, who in ancient times infested this part of the country, and was the Rob Roy of his day. He was killed not far from the situation of the present church, N. S. Acc [National Statistical Account]

Transcriber's notes

There is no entry for Kate's Well on this page. The entry appears two pages along, on the page which also includes Bertram's Well.

The quotation from the National Statistical Account is written across the second, third and fourth columns.

Ordnance Survey - Lanark county, OS Name Books - Lanark county - Volume 53 - Parish of Shotts, OS1/21/53

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Shotts.

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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