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Motherwell's location in the Scottish Lowlands means that it would have been inhabited by the Britons. Motherwell's name reportedly comes from a well, the Lady Well, [10] formerly dedicated to the Virgin Mary. [11] The site of this well is now marked by a plaque on Ladywell Road. [12]
Motherwell's biggest win was a 12–1 victory over Dundee United in 1954, with the club's heaviest defeat being the 8–0 loss to Aberdeen in 1979. [55] On 5 May 2010, Motherwell were involved in the highest scoring match in the SPL, drawing 6–6 with Hibernian at Fir Park, with Lukas Jutkiewicz scoring the equaliser in the 91st minute. [56]
Motherwell is a fast growing township in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It forms part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality which is the metropolitan area comprising Gqeberha , Despatch , Uitenhage and other surrounding towns.
Originally known as Motherwell Heritage Centre, the centre was opened in 1996, [3] and was known as that until April 2012, [4] when all archive and modern records were transferred to Motherwell from its previous location in Cumbernauld. [3] As of April 2013 ownership was transferred from North Lanarkshire Council to CultureNL.
They were located in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Motherwell was noted as the steel production capital of Scotland, nicknamed Steelopolis. [1] Its skyline was dominated by the gas holder and three cooling towers of the Ravenscraig steel plant which closed in 1992.
The Motherwell Homestead is a National Historic Site of Canada located just south of the community of Abernethy, Saskatchewan. [1] [2] The site commemorates the life and achievements of William Richard Motherwell, Saskatchewan's first minister of agriculture and federal minister of agriculture for the Mackenzie King government.
The council is based in Motherwell. The area was formed in 1996, covering the districts of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Motherwell, and Monklands, plus the Chryston and Auchinloch areas from Strathkelvin district, all of which had been in the Strathclyde region between 1975 and 1996. As a new single-tier authority, North Lanarkshire became ...
Gqeberha, the city's official name since 23 February 2021, is a Xhosa word for the Baakens river, which flows through the city. [24] [25]In 1820, the rising seaport of Algoa Bay was named "Port Elizabeth" in memory of Elizabeth Frances (née Markham), the wife of Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, acting Governor of the Cape Colony. [26]