Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cander

Cander, a rivulet of Lanarkshire. It rises in Lesmahagow parish; runs about 3 miles northward to the meeting-point with Stonehouse and Dalserf parishes; and goes 2¼ miles further NNW, along the boundary between these parishes, to the river Avon, at a point 9 furlongs NNE of Stonehouse village. The section of Dalserf parish adjacent to it is called Cander district; and a portion of that district, containing workable coal, bears the name of Canderside.—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 rivulet"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Lesmahagow ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty

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