Lesmahagow
Sign in to saveLesmahagow ( ; or Lesmahagae; ) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of moorland near Lanark. Lesmahagow was also a civil parish. It lies west of the M74, and southeast of Kirkmuirhill. It is also known as Abbey Green or the Gow. The town lies in the historic county of Lanarkshire.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Lesmahagow
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Lios MoChuda
- UK place.scots_name
- Lismahagie or The Gow
- UK place.static_image_name
- Drinking Well in Lesmahagow (geograph 3607691).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Drinking Well in Lesmahagow town centre
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS8139
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- South Lanarkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Lanarkshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hamilton and Clyde Valley
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Clydesdale
- UK place.post_town
- LANARK
- UK place.postcode_district
- ML11
- UK place.postcode_area
- ML
- UK place.dial_code
- 01555
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4350
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Lesmahagow Old Parish Church.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01555
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- OS grid reference
- NS812399
- Commons category
- Lesmahagow
- historic county
- Lanarkshire
- P8168
- saponin
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Religion
- Highland Games
- Landmarks
- Notable residents
- Fossil discoveries
- References
Lesmahagow ( ; or Lesmahagae; ) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of moorland near Lanark. Lesmahagow was also a civil parish. It lies west of the M74, and southeast of Kirkmuirhill. It is also known as Abbey Green or the Gow. The town lies in the historic county of Lanarkshire.
==Etymology==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lesmahagow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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