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Auchengray, a hamlet of Carnwath parish, Lanarkshire, with a station on the Caledonian, which is 5¾ miles NNE of Carstairs, and 21¾ SW of Edinburgh, has a telegraph and post office, and is the junction for Wilsontown. The hamlet, ¾ mile NNE, has an Established mission church (80 attendants in 1880), and a public school, with accommodation for 132 children, an average attendance (1879) of 47, and a grant of £48,5s.; near it are brickworks, quarries, and a coal pit.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Carnwath ScoP Lanarkshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Auchengray |
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