Geography

OPR - Old Parish Registers
RD - Registration District
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Airdrie 1864
1864

Airdrie, New Monkland, Lanarkshire

YearsNumberName
1693 - 1854OPR 651New Monkland
1855 - 1894RD 651/1New Monkland, Airdrie Burgh
1855 - 1894RD 651/2New Monkland, Landward
1895 - 1967RD 651New Monkland
1968 - 1971RD 651New Monkland
1972 - 2006RD 564Airdrie
2007 - RD 564North Lanarkshire, Airdrie

 

YearMapPlaces
1864Sheet VIII
1899Sheet VIII.NWAirdrie (North), Drumgelloch
1899Sheet VIII.NECaldercruix, Plains
1899Sheet VIII.SWAirdrie (South), Calderbank, Coatdyke, Whifflet
1899Sheet VIII.SEMoffat Mills, Salsburgh

 


Baillieston 1864
1864

Baillieston, Old Monkland (West), Lanarkshire

A village on the Glasgow - Airdrie road between Shettleston and Coatbridge.

YearsNumberName
1695 - 1854OPR 652
1855 - 1968RD 652/1Old Monkland West
1969 - 1971RD 622Baillieston
1972 - 1998RD 565Baillieston
1999 - RD 601Baillieston

 

YearMapPlaces
1864Sheet VIIMillerston - Shettleston - Tollcross - Coatbridge (West)
1899Sheet VII.SWShettleston - Tollcross - Baillieston

Significant addresses are —

Buchanan Street — still there
Camp Row — now Camp Road
Douglas Land —
Penders Row — part of Buchanan Street
 


Blantyre 1864
1864

Blantyre, Lanarkshire

A village in South Lanarkshire across the River Clyde from Bothwell.

YearsNumberName
1677 - 1854OPR 624Blantyre
1855 - 1971RD 624Blantyre
1972 - 1992RD 574Blantyre
1992 - RD 577Hamilton


 

YearMapPlaces
1864Sheet XIClyde Iron Works - Cambuslang - Blantyre - Auchinraith - Bothwell - Uddingston
1899Sheet XI.NWClyde Iron Works - Cambuslang - Newton - Maryville
1899Sheet XI.NEUddingston - Bellshill
1899Sheet XI.SWBlantyre Village
1899Sheet XI.SEStonefield - Auchinraith - Blantyre Works - Bothwell

Significant addresses are —


 


Bothwell 1864
1864

Bothwell, Lanarkshire

YearsNumberName
1671 - 1854OPR 625Bothwell
1855 - 1963RD 625/1Bothwell
1964 - 1967RD 625Bothwell
1968 - 1969RD 625Bothwell
1970 - 1971RD 625Bellshill
1972 - 2007RD 566Bellshill

 

YearMapPlaces
1864Sheet XIClyde Iron Works - Cambuslang - Blantyre - Auchinraith - Bothwell - Uddingston
1899Sheet XI.NWClyde Iron Works - Cambuslang - Newton - Maryville
1899Sheet XI.NEUddingston - Bellshill
1899Sheet XI.SWBlantyre Village
1899Sheet XI.SEStonefield - Auchinraith - Blantyre Works - Bothwell

Significant addresses are —
 


Cambuslang 1864
1864

Cambuslang, Lanarkshire

A village across the Clyde from Tollcross and Carmyle.

YearsNumberName
1657 - 1854OPR 627Cambuslang
1855 - 1971RD 627Cambuslang
1972 - 2004RD 573Cambuslang
2005 - RD 573South Lanarkshire

 

YearMapPlaces
1864Sheet XRutherglen - Cambuslang West (Eastfield, Silverbank)
1864Sheet XIClyde Iron Works - Carmyle - Cambuslang - Blantyre - Bothwell - Uddingston
1899Sheet X.NERutherglen - Cambuslang West (Eastfield, Silverbank)
1899Sheet XI.NWClyde Iron Works - Carmyle - Cambuslang - Newton - Maryville

Significant places are —

Howieshill
West Coates

 


Carmyle 1864
1864

Carmyle, Lanarkshire

A village in Old Monkland Parish and Old Monkland West registration district.

See Cambuslang for maps, Baillieston for registration district details.
 


Clyde Iron Works 1864
1864

Clyde Iron Works, Lanarkshire

A village in Old Monkland Parish and Old Monkland West registration district.

See Cambuslang for maps, Baillieston for registration district details.
 


Cleland 1864
1864

Cleland, Lanarkshire

The main (only) town in the western part of Shotts Parish

YearsNumberName
1705 - 1854OPR 655Shotts
1855 - 1876RD 655Shotts
1877 - 1968RD 655/3Shotts West
1969 - 1971RD 655Shotts
1972 et seq.RD 569Shotts

 

YearMapPlaces
1864Sheet XIIMossend - Motherwell - Cleland - Newmains - Newarthill
1899Sheet XII.NWMossend - Holytown - New Stevenston
1899Sheet XII.NEMossend - Newarthill - Auchinlee - Spoutscroft - Newhouse
1899Sheet XII.SWMotherwell - Carfin
1899Sheet XII.SECleland - Omoa Iron Works - Bellside - Auchinlea - Newmains

Significant places are —

Hattonrig
Hornshill
Knownoble
Omoa Iron Works
Wyndedge or Windyedge
 


Coatbridge 1864
1860 Town Plan

Coatbridge, Lanarkshire

Between Baillieston and Airdrie

YearsNumberName
1695 - 1854OPR 652Old Monkland
1855 - 1886RD 652/2Old Monkland, Middle
1886 - 1969RD 652/2Coatbridge
1970 - 1971RD 652Coatbridge
1972 - 2006RD 562Coatbridge

 

YearMapPlaces
1864Sheet VIICoatbridge - Drumpellier, Summerlee, Langloan, Dundyvan
1899Sheet VII.SECoatbridge (West) - Drumpellier, Summerlee, Langloan, Dundyvan
1899Sheet VIII.SWCoatbridge (East) - Whifflet, Rosehall, Carnbroe, Coatdyke

Significant places are —



 


Fauldhouse 1856
1856

Fauldhouse, West Lothian

A village a few miles east of Shotts but across the county boundary in West Lothian (formerly Linlithgowshire).

YearsNumberName
1719 - 1854OPR 673Whitburn
1855 - 1874RD 673Whitburn
1875 - 1971RD 673/2Fauldhouse
1972 - 1974RD 713Fauldhouse
1975 - 2002RD 711Whitburn
2003 et seq.RD 776West Lothian

 

YearMapPlaces
1856Linlithgowshire Sheet 11 Fauldhouse (West), Fauldhouse Rows, Drybridge, Benhar Colliery
1856Linlithgowshire Sheet 12 Greenburn, Crofthead, Cairneyhead, Longridge
1898Linlithgowshire Sheet XI SE Fauldhouse (West), Fauldhouse Rows, Drybridge, East Benhar, Fallahill Colliery
1898Linlithgowshire Sheet XII SW Greenburn, Crofthead, Cairneyhead

Significant places are —

East Benhar
Greenburn

 


Holytown, Lanarkshire

Holytown 1864
1864

A village

YearsNumberName
1671 - 1854OPR 625Bothwell
1855 - 1963RD 625/2Holytown
1964 et seq.RD 625Bothwell

 

YearMapPlaces
1864Sheet XII Holytown, Carfin, Cleland, Mossend, Newarthill, Newhouse
1899Sheet XII NW Holytown, Mossend, New Stevenston
1914Sheet XII NW Holytown, Mossend, New Stevenston

 

Significant places are —



 


Longridge, West Lothian

Longridge 1898
1898

A village a few miles north-east of Fauldhouse in West Lothian (formerly Linlithgowshire).

YearsNumberName
1719 - 1854OPR 673Whitburn
1855 - 1874RD 673Whitburn
1875 - 1971RD 673/1Whitburn
1972 - 2002RD 711Whitburn
2003 et seq.RD 776West Lothian

 

YearMapPlaces
1856Linlithgowshire Sheet XII Crofthead, Greenburn, Longridge
1898Linlithgowshire Sheet XII NW Longridge, Crofthead Colliery

 


Newarthill, Lanarkshire

Newarthill 1864
1864

A village in Bothwell Parish and Holytown registration district.

YearsNumberName
1671 - 1854OPR 625Bothwell
1855 - 1963RD 625/2Holytown
1964 - 1969RD 625Bothwell
1970 - 1971RD 625Bellshill
1972 - 2006RD 566Bellshill
2007 et seq.RD 566North Lanarkshire

 

YearMapPlaces
1864Sheet XII Newarthill, Holytown, Carfin, Cleland, Mossend, Newhouse
1899Sheet XII NE Newarthill, Newhouse
1913Sheet XII NE Newarthill, Newhouse

 

Significant places are —

Auchinlee, Biggarford
Metal Row
Omoa (not the Iron Works)
 


Shettleston, Lanarkshire

Shettleston 1864
1864

A village just east of Glasgow on the Airdrie Road. Absorbed by Glasgow's expansion in 1912.
Tollcross is NOT part of Shettleston, even though most of it is included in the registration district.

YearsNumberName
1695 - 1854OPR 652Barony Parish
1855 - 1874RD 622/3Shettleston
1875 - 1912RD 622/2Shettleston
1913 - 1934RD 644/19Shettleston GLW
1935 - 1955RD 644/1Shettleston GLW
1956 - RD 601
- RD 624

 

YearMapPlaces
1864Sheet VII Shettleston, Barrachnie, Baillieston, Tollcross
1899Sheet VII SW Shettleston (East), Sandyhills, Barrachnie, Baillieston, Tollcross
1897Sheet VI SE Glasgow, Shettleston (West)
1914Sheet VII SW Shettleston (East), Sandyhills, Barrachnie, Baillieston, Tollcross

 

Significant places are —



 


Shotts Parish, Lanarkshire
YearsNumberName
1705 - 1854OPR 655Shotts Parish
1855 - 1876RD 655Shotts
1877 - 1968RD 655/1Shotts Middle
1877 - 1968RD 655/2Shotts East
1877 - 1968RD 655/3Shotts West
1896 - 1938RD 655/4Shotts North
1969 - 1971RD 655Shotts
1972 - 2006RD 569Shotts
2007 - RD 569North Lanarkshire, Shotts

Shotts Parish (part) 1864 Shotts Parish (part) 1899
18641899

An extensive parish in Lanarkshire.
 


Shotts Iron Works 1864 Shotts Iron Works 1899
18641899

Shotts Iron Works, Lanarkshire

Within Calderhead registration district.

Significant places are —


Flat Row
High Street
Stane
Torbothie
 


Stane 1864 Stane 1899
18641899

Stane, Lanarkshire

Within Calderhead registration district.

Significant places are —






 


Tollcross, Lanarkshire

Tollcross 1864 Tollcross 1899
18641899

A village on the south east edge of Glasgow. Most of it was in Barony Parish within the Shettleston registration district but the south east part (Fullarton and Clyde Iron Works) was in Old Monkland Parish. That part within Barony Parish was subsumed into Glasgow in 1912 and the remainder in 1976.
 


Uddingston, Lanarkshire

Uddingston 1864 Uddingston 1899
18641899

A village within the Bothwell registration district.

Now in the South Lanarkshire Council area, despite being on the north bank of the River Clyde.
 


Compiled by John Reynolds — JohnReynolds437@btinternet.com