Biggar (South Lanarkshire)
Biggar Scottish Gaelic Bigear |
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Biggar main street | ||
Coordinates | 55 ° 37 ′ N , 3 ° 31 ′ W | |
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Residents | 2294 2011 census | |
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Post town | BIGGAR | |
ZIP code section | ML12 | |
prefix | 01899 | |
Part of the country | Scotland | |
Council area | South Lanarkshire | |
British Parliament | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | |
Scottish Parliament | Clydesdale | |
Biggar ( Gaelic : Bigear ) is a village in the east of the Scottish Council Area South Lanarkshire or in the traditional county of Lanarkshire . It is located around 22 kilometers southeast of Lanark near the right bank of the Clyde in front of the western flank of the Culter Hills .
history
Possibly it is an early Christian site that was already in use at the time of the early Celtic Christianization. A Nikolauskirche at the site is recorded from the year 1164. Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming initiated the construction of today's St. Mary's Church, completed in 1546, as a collegiate monastery . It was supposed to be the last collegiate foundation established before the Scottish Reformation .
Near the town there was the Battle of Biggar in 1297 between William Wallace and Edward I , which the Scots won. As a sub-center in Lanarkshire, Biggar was installed as a Burgh in 1451 . Market law included the right to organize livestock markets that helped Biggar develop. Furthermore, textiles and beer were produced in Biggar. With the Biggar Gasworks , a gas works was opened in Biggar in 1839 . The coal gasification plant was operated until 1973.
traffic
The A72 ( Galashiels - Hamilton ), which runs on this section together with the A702 ( Edinburgh - St John's Town of Dalry ), forms the main thoroughfare of Biggar. It is possible that Roman troops built a bridge in Biggar during the occupation of Britain. The oldest fragments of Cadger's Brig , now used as a pedestrian bridge, date from the 13th century.
In 1860 the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway opened a station in Biggar. This was closed in 1966.
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Information from the parish
- ↑ Information about the museum
- ↑ Entry on Cadger's Brig in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)