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BLANTYRE (Gaelic, " the warm retreat")

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 43 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BLA-BOS
BLANTYRE (Gaelic, " the warm retreat") , a parish of
Lanarkshire
 ,
Scotland
 . Pop. (1901) 14,145. The parish lies a few miles
south
 -
east
  of Glasgow, and contains High Blantyre (pop. 2521), Blantyre Works (or Low Blantyre), Stonefield and several villages. The whole
district
  is rich in coal, the mining of which is extensively carried on. Blantyre Works (pop. 1683) was the birthplace of
David
  Livingstone (18131873) and his brother Charles (1821-1873), who as lads were both employed as piecers in a local
cotton
 -mill. The scanty remains of Blantyre Priory, founded towards the close of the 13th century, stand on the left bank of the
Clyde
 , almost opposite the beautiful ruins of Bothwell Castle. High Blantyre and Blantyre Works are connected with Glasgow by the Caledonian railway. Stonefield (pop. 7288), the most populous place in
BLASPHEMY 43
the parish, entirely occupied with mining, lies between High Blantyre and Blantyre Works. Calderwood Castle on Rotten
Calder
  Water, near High Blantyre, is situated amid picturesque scenery.


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