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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

"In virtue of a warrant granted by James VII., anno. 1685, to the Duke of Hamilton for two yearly fairs and a weely mercet at the "Kirk of Shotts," There are two fairs held in the parish every year"__ New Stat_ [Statistical] Acct, [Account]

Transcriber's notes

The first three authorities for the spelling of "Kirk of Shotts"are shown by arrow to be also the authorities for the entry for "Fair Ground", missing from the Place entries for this page. A quotation from "New Statistical Account" accompanies the entry for "Fair Ground", the word "mercet" being underlined..

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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