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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Plains like this:
Plains, vil. with ry. sta., New Monkland par., Lanarkshire, on North Calder Water, 2½ miles NE. of Airdrie, pop. 516.
Plains is now part of NORTH LANARKSHIRE Council. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH LANARKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Plains itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Plains, in North Lanarkshire and Lanarkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21901
Date accessed: 14th February 2026
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