Lanarkshire, also called Lanark, historic county of south-central Scotland, roughly coinciding with the basin of the River Clyde. It is bounded to the south by the historic county of Dumfriesshire, to the east by Peeblesshire, Midlothian, and West Lothian, to the north by Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire, and to the west by Renfrewshire and Ayrshire.

Lanarkshire was bordered by Stirlingshire, West Lothian, Peeblesshire, Dumfriesshire, Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire. A tidying up of the map of counties which reduced their number to 33 in 1890 had no effect on Lanarkshire, which as a result remained a county in its own right until reorganisation in 1975 swept all the counties away in favour of 12 regions.

Nov 07, 2020 · South Lanarkshire is the fifth largest council area in Scotland. It spans from Rutherglen in the north to Elvanfoot in the south and from East Kilbride in the west to Dolphinton in the east. The is a mix of urban and rural areas with all towns in easy reach of the M74.

History. Coat of arms of Glasgow. Glasgow location in Scotland. GLASGOW, a city, the seat of a university, and a sea-port, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the Lower ward of the county of Lanark, and situated in longitude 4° 15' 51" (W.), and latitude 55° 52' 10" (N.), 23 miles (E. by S.) from Greenock, 29 (S. W. by S.) from Stirling, 34 (N.E.by N.) from Ayr, 43 (W. by S.) from …

The Barony of Cleghorne : A.D. 1203, Lanarkshire, Scotland to the family of Claghorn, A.D. 1912, United States of America: 159: View all Lanarkshire stories, memories & histories (7) Featured Lanarkshire collections. North Lanarkshire, Scotland, …

South Lanarkshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas into which Scotland has been divided since 1996. It extends from the edge of the Glasgow conurbation in the north to the remote uplands of the Lowther Hills in the south. It is the 11th largest council area in terms of physical size, and the 5th largest in population, reflecting the urban nature of much of the north of the …