Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Braidwood

Braidwood, vil. with ry. sta., in par. and 1¼ mile SE. of Carluke by rail, mid. Lanarkshire, pop. 616; lime-stone quarries are in the vicinity.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Carluke ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty
Place: Braidwood

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