Lanarkshire

Map of Scotland. Lanarkshire highlighted in red.

Lanarkshire ( Scottish Gaelic : Siorrachd Lannraig ) is one of the traditional counties of Scotland . It's in the Central Lowlands .

location

Historically, Lanarkshire encompasses Glasgow and its southeastern hinterland. It is bordered to the north by Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire , to the northeast by West Lothian , to the east by Peeblesshire , to the south by Dumfriesshire and to the west by Ayrshire and Renfrewshire . The historic capital and eponymous place was the city of Lanark .

Mining industry

In 1841 there were 7,226 coal workers in Lanarkshire (44% of all coal miners then working in Scotland). Between 1880 and 1914, coal mining was a rapidly growing industry in the Lanarkshire area. At that time the working conditions were very bad. After the mines produced less coal, wages were lowered to keep costs down. In 1880 there was a six-week strike which was crushed. After further strikes in the region, the first unions were formed.

Administrative history

Lanarkshire had been a Scottish administrative county since 1890, with its administrative headquarters in Hamilton . The city of Glasgow was not part of Lanarkshire County. 1975 Lanarkshire went administratively in the districts of Clydesdale , East Kilbride , Hamilton , Monklands and Motherwell of the Strathclyde region . In 1996 the regions and districts in Scotland were abolished and replaced by 32  council areas . In the Lanarkshire area, the North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire Council Areas were established. These two administrative districts have merged parts of the administration. This does not apply to Rutherglen and its surroundings.

Lanarkshire (excluding Glasgow) is still one of the Lieutenancy Areas of Scotland today .

traffic

The M74 motorway connects Glasgow with Carlisle . The motorway then turns south-east, passing through Lanarkshire, past the towns of Hamilton and Motherwell .

Personalities

• Craig Brown , soccer player
• Robert Giffen , statistician and economist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Campbell, AB (1979). The Lanarkshire miners: a social history of their trade unions, 1775-1974. John Donald. P. 101.
2. ^ Alastair McIntosh Gray (1989): A History of Scotland . Oxford University Press.
3. ^ David Devoy (2015): Lanarkshire Independents . Amberley Publishing