Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cadzow

Cadzow, quoad sacra par. and vil., Hamilton par., NW. Lanarkshire, on Cadzow Water, 1½ mile SE. of Hamilton -- q.s. par., pop. 7163; vil., pop. 675. In vicinity of vil., on river Avon, are the ruins of Cadzow Castle, the original baronial residence of the Hamilton family; and Cadzow Forest, with its ancient oaks, the remains of the Caledonian Forest, and its famous breed of Scottish wild white cattle.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "quoad sacra parish and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lanarkshire ScoCnty
Place: Cadzow

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