Our Family's Journey Through Time
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Shotts is a town[2] in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located almost halfway between Glasgow (17 miles or 27 kilometres) and Edinburgh (26 miles or 42 kilometres). The village has a population of about 8,840.[3][4] A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts,[5] though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon sceots ("steep slopes") as the real source of the name.[6] Shotts is the home of the 2015 world champion pipe band, Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band.[7]
History
Until 1457[8] Shotts was part of the Lanarkshire parish of Bothwell.[9] Groome related that the pre-reformation church of Bertramshotts is mentioned in a Papal bull in 1476.[10] The parish, one of the largest in Lowland Scotland, was sometimes called Shotts[11] but officially it was known as Bertram Shotts.[12]
In 1831 the Duke of Hamilton owned most of the land.[13]
Shotts was known for its mining and ironworks. The Shotts Iron Company was first established in 1801 and provided employment for Shotts and the surrounding area for 150 years, and was eventually wound up in 1952.[14][15] These were developed when transport by canal and railway became possible.[16] By the late 1800s the ironworks had grown to the extent that the village slogan was "Shotts lights the world", as gas lamp standards made here were exported throughout the British Empire and beyond.[17] In the years leading up to World War II there were 22 coal mines in the area, but Northfield Colliery, the last of these, closed in the 1960s.
Latitude: 55.823, Longitude: -3.804Matches 1 to 1 of 1
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dalziel, Christina | 16 Mar 1811 | Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | I41841 |
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Christening |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watt, Euphemia | 9 Jul 1804 | Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | I8390 |
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