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STRATHAVEN (locally pronounced Strays)

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 999 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: STE-SUS
STRATHAVEN (locally pronounced Strays) , a manufacturing and market town of
Lanarkshire
 ,
Scotland
 . Pop. (1901), 4076. It lies on the Avon, 16 m. S.S.E. of Glasgow by road, and is the terminus of the Caledonian Railway Company's branch line from Hamilton. It has manufactures of silk,
cotton
  and hosiery and is a market for cheese and grain. The picturesque ruins of Avondale Castle are situated on Powmilion Burn, a stream that runs through Strathaven to join the Avon, a mile below the town. Remains of a Roman road are traceable for several miles immediately to the
south
  of the Avon. Stonehouse (pop. 2961), a mining and weaving town about 4 M. north-west, is claimed as the birthplace of the Scottish
martyr
 ,
Patrick
  Hamilton (1504-1528). Six miles
south
 -west of Strathaven, on the
STRATHCLYDE
  999
moor of Drumclog, the
Covenanters
  defeated John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, on the 1st of June 1679. A granite obelisk commemorates the battle, but the religious meetings that used to take place on the anniversary are no longer held.


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