Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Monkland, New

Monkland, New, par. and vil., N. Lanarkshire, on North Calder Water - par. (containing Airdrie), 19,885 ac., pop. 27,816; vil.,l½ mile NW. of Airdrie, pop. (including Glenmavis) 369; Monkland is rich in coal and ironstone; Monkland Well, a chalybeate spring, was formerly famous.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: New Monkland ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty
Place names: MONKLAND     |     MONKLAND NEW     |     NEW MONKLAND
Place: New Monkland

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