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Thankerton
Sign in to saveThankerton is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. It is located between Biggar and Lanark, and situated between Quothquan Law and Tinto (two local hills).
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- Locality
- Thankerton
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 510
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 510
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- Thankerton from the air (geograph 5669629).jpg
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Thankerton is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. It is located between Biggar and Lanark, and situated between Quothquan Law and Tinto (two local hills).
Thankerton's name derives from an early feudal lord called Thancard the Fleming, and means Thancard's enclosure. Ton is Old English for an enclosed settlement, and evolved into the modern English word town. Thancard was probably one of the Flemish knights who accompanied David I to Scotland to claim the Scottish throne and as such was rewarded with grants of land in Scotland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thankerton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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