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Motherwell, Windmillhill Street, South Dalziel Parish Church (Church Of Scotland) Including Vestry, Session House, Church Hall And Boundary Wall 55°47′02″N 3°58′48″W / 55.783815°N 3.980033°W / 55.783815; -3.980033 ( Motherwell, Windmillhill Street, South Dalziel Parish Church (Church Of Scotland) Including Vestry ...
Motherwell (Scots: Mitherwall, Scottish Gaelic: Tobar na Màthar [3]) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. [4] It has a population of around 32,120. [5] [6] [7] Historically in the parish of Dalziel [8] and part of Lanarkshire, Motherwell is the headquarters for North Lanarkshire Council.
Dalzell House (/ d i ˈ ɛ l / ⓘ dee-EL) is a historic house in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located to the south of the town, on the north bank of the River Clyde. At its core is a 15th-century tower house, with extensive additions built during the 17th and 19th centuries. In the 1980s the house was restored and divided for ...
Motherwell still contains Dalziel Parish, a congregation of the Church of Scotland, as well as the Dalzell Steelworks, now owned by Liberty House. The estate of Dalziel House, the former home of the Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, is now a country park on the south side of the town. Dalziel Rugby Club play at Dalziel Park in nearby Carfin.
The original village of Craigneuk was located in the area where Meadowhead Road meets the A721 at Craigneuk Street. It was originally part of Dalziel parish, along with the other rural weaving villages of Flemington, Motherwell and Windmillhill. Craigneuk village was located close to the boundary with Cambusnethan parish.
Wishaw (/ ˈ w i ʃ ɔː / ⓘ; Scots: Wishae or Wisha / ˈ w i ʃ i / ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Camas Neachdain) is a large town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of the Clyde Valley, 15 miles (24 km) south-east of Glasgow city centre.
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From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish councils from 1894 until 1930.. The parishes, which had their origins in the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland, often overlapped county boundaries, largely because they reflected earlier territorial divisions.