Our Family's Journey Through Time
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Cambusnethan is a large village and suburb on the eastern edge of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, straddling both sides of the A722 on a hill overlooking Wishaw.
Etymology
The name "Cambusnethan" was historically recorded as Kamnethan and in earlier sources, as Kamysnethyn. The establishment of an early medieval church of the same name suggests that the name is Celtic in origin. The "Cambus" part of the name would come from "caman/camas/camn" a word that could be either Gaelic or Cumbric and means a bend or meander. "Nethan" is harder to pinpoint. It could come from a corruption of Ninian, who travelled through southern Scotland, it could also be said to come from Nechtan, the name of both a Pictish king and a mythological Celtic figure. Or possibly, Neithon of Alt Clut, a king of Strathclyde, the kingdom that held the land for centuries.
Thus the name likely means "bend of Nethan".
History
Originally, the name Cambusnethan or Camnethan referred to the whole Wishaw area, and a portion of the Scottish county of Lanarkshire. The Parish of Cam(bus)nethan, as it was known was established in the 11th century, with the parish church standing on the banks of the River Clyde, in the countryside near the modern neighbourhoods of Netherton and Gowkthrapple.[1] The parish would have remained a rural, lowly populated area until the 1600s at least.
The modern settlement began some time after the Middle Ages (exact time period unknown), but remained a small hamlet. It grew massively alongside its neighbour, Wishaw, during the Industrial Revolution, with industries such as railways, textiles, quarrying and in particular, coal mining.[2] This established Cambusnethan's importance to the Scottish economy. Eventually, both Wishaw and Cambusnethan grew so large that the boundaries between the towns faded and both settlements became one large urban area.
Throughout the 20th century, many housing estates were built in Cambusnethan, further expanding it.
Today, Cambusnethan is much integrated with Wishaw to the point where it is mostly considered to be an area of the town rather than a town in its own right.
Latitude: 55.779, Longitude: -3.898Matches 1 to 7 of 7
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lindsay, Gavin | 13 Nov 1817 | Combusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | I8358 |
| 2 | Penman, Agnes | 11 Mar 1888 | Combusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | I2822 |
| 3 | Penman, Janet | 24 Apr 1895 | Combusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | I2825 |
| 4 | Penman, Lilias Grace | 4 Aug 1893 | Combusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | I2464 |
| 5 | Penman, Maggie Lindsay | 25 May 1890 | Combusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | I2823 |
| 6 | Penman, Thomas Brown | 18 May 1903 | Combusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | I2828 |
| 7 | Penman, William | 8 Oct 1886 | Combusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | I2824 |
Matches 1 to 1 of 1
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Christening |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penman, Charlotte | Combusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | I2827 | |
Matches 1 to 2 of 2
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown, Maggie Chalmers | 5 May 1908 | Combusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | I2819 |
| 2 | Penman, Charles | Combusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | I2729 | |
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