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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Bedlay, an estate, with an old mansion, in Cadder parish, N Lanarkshire, in the vicinity of Chryston, and 4 miles NW of Coatbridge. The mansion stands on a gently elevated platform, overlooking a small well-wooded dell; is a quadrangular structure with two round turrets and high-peaked gables; and, once belonging to the Earls of Kilmarnock, is now the seat of Thos. Craig Christie, Esq., owner of 910 acres in the shire, valued at £1451 per annum. Limeworks are on the estate, yielding a hard dark blue lime, extensively used in the Monkland iron-works.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Administrative units: | Cadder ScoP Lanarkshire ScoCnty |
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