Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lanark, New

Lanark, New, vil., in co. and 1 mile S. of Lanark, on river Clyde, pop. 706; P.O.; has spinning mills and an educational institution. New Lanark was founded in 1783 by David Dale, and was the scene of the social experiments of Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lanark Burgh       Lanarkshire ScoCnty
Place names: LANARK     |     LANARK NEW     |     NEW LANARK
Place: Lanark

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