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Il Lanarkshire Meridionale (gaelico scozzese Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas) è un'area amministrativa della Scozia. Località. Abington; Ashgill; Auchengray; Auchenheath; Biggar; Blackwood; Blantyre; Bothwell; Braehead; Braidwood; Cambuslang; Carluke; Carnwath; Carstairs; Coalburn; Cobbinshaw; Coulter; Crawford; Crawfordjohn; Crossford ...
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It is not known exactly when the shire of Lanark was created; it seems likely that it was created by David I (reigned 1124–1153) who was generally responsible for introducing shires as part of his introduction of Anglo-Norman style administration to Scotland. However, the first documented reference to Lanarkshire dates from the reign of David's suc...
Lanarkshire was granted a coat of arms by the Lord Lyon on 24 December 1886. The arms is: Party per chevron gules and argent, two cinquefoils pierced in chief ermine, and in base a man's heart counter-changed. The cinquefoils come from the arms of the Clan Hamilton, and the heart from the arms of the Clan Douglas, the two main local families. The c...
Lanarkshire occupies the valley of the river Clyde, which crosses the county from the north-west to south-east. It is predominantly flat and agricultural, rising to the south with the Lowther Hills of the Southern Uplands, with Culter Fell on the border with Peeblesshire being the highest point at 748 m (2,454 ft). In the east a small portion of th...
From the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century Lanarkshire profited from its rich seams of coal in places such as Glenboig. As the coal industry developed around Glasgow in the 1700s the price of coal to the city rose under the control of a cartel of coal owners. The solution was to carve out a canal to take advantage of the good (a...
The M74 motorway links Glasgow with Carlisle and points further south, with the M8 linking the city to Edinburgh. Glasgow and the surrounding areas are well served by numerous roads and train lines. The West Coast Main Line cuts north–south across the county and connects Glasgow with Manchester, Birmingham and London. Glasgow is also served by the ...
Lanarkshire hosted the International Children's Games in August 2011.A total of 1,300 competitors and coaches, along with administrators and delegates, representing 77 cities from 33 countries worldwide attended.
Digitised historic and modern maps of Lanarkshire are available from National Library of Scotlandincluding: 1. Glasgow and the county of Lanark manuscript map drawn by Scottish cartographer Timothy Pontsometime between 1583 and 1596 2. The nether ward of Clyds-dail and Glasco from the Blaeu Atlas of Scotland by Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeupublishe...
Media related to Lanarkshireat Wikimedia Commons WikiMiniAtlas55°35′N 3°50′W / 55.583°N 3.833°W / 55.583; -3.833
Biggar (in gaelico scozzese: Bigear) è una cittadina (e un tempo burgh) di circa 2.300 abitanti della Scozia meridionale, facente parte dell'area di consiglio del Lanarkshire Meridionale (South Lanarkshire) e situata nelle Southern Uplands. È posta ad un'altitudine di 215 metri.
Il Lanarkshire Settentrionale è una council area della Scozia. Confina a nord-est con la città di Glasgow e contiene molti dei quartieri della città, oltre alle città e villaggi confinanti. Confina anche con il Dunbartonshire Orientale, Falkirk, Stirling, Lanarkshire Meridionale e Lothian Occidentale. L'area amministrativa ...
