Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire, officially the County of Lanark (Scots: Coontie o Lanrickshire, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig), was formerly a county of Scotland.
It was bounded to the north by Stirlingshire and a detached portion of Dunbartonshire, to the northeast by Stirlingshire, West Lothian, to the east by Peeblesshire, to the southeast and south by Dumfriesshire, to the southwest by Dumfriesshire and Ayrshire and to the west by Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire. The city of Glasgow and Lanark, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Motherwell, Coatbridge, Carluke are the towns of Lanarkshire.[1]
Lanarkshire was for some purposes treated as three separate counties—the upper, middle and lower wards—until the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889.
It was bounded to the north by Stirlingshire and a detached portion of Dunbartonshire, to the northeast by Stirlingshire, West Lothian, to the east by Peeblesshire, to the southeast and south by Dumfriesshire, to the southwest by Dumfriesshire and Ayrshire and to the west by Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire. The city of Glasgow and Lanark, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Motherwell, Coatbridge, Carluke are the towns of Lanarkshire.[1]
Lanarkshire was for some purposes treated as three separate counties—the upper, middle and lower wards—until the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889.
