Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kirkmuirhill

Kirkmuirhill, a collier village in Lesmahagow parish, Lanarkshire, 5 furlongs from the left bank of the Nethan, 2¾ miles NNW of Abbeygreen, and 3¾ SE of Stonehouse. It has a post office, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, a school, and a U.P. church. Pop. (1861) 371, (1871) 501, (1881) 547.—Ord. Sur., sh. 23, 1865.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a collier village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lesmahagow ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty

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