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Airdrie.-- parl. and mun. burgh and market town, New Monkland par., NE. Lanarkshire, 11 miles E. of Glasgow and 385 miles from London by rail, pop. 13,363; extensive coal and ironworks; the "blackband" ironstone is peculiar to the district; paper-making and cotton-weaving are carried on. It unites with Falkirk, Hamilton, Lanark, and Linlithgow in returning 1 member to Parliament; 5 Banks, 1 newspaper.Market-day, Tuesday.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parliamentary and municipal burgh and market town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Airdrie Burgh Lanarkshire ScoCnty |
Place: | Airdrie |
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