". The coal is kept under the bed. The place name Coatbridge first appears on a number of 19th century maps, although William Roy’s 1750 map notes "Cottbrig" as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. From the town comes Gartsherrie church was built by the Baird family. Present day Coatbridge is the site of a major inland container base. However “a visit to the large Gartsherrie works is one of the sights of a lifetime”. [17] By the mid 19th century there were numerous hot blast furnaces in operation in Coatbridge. Sadly less than one in thirty-thousand contribute, so please give The iron bars and plates produced in Coatbridge iron works were the raw materials needed throughout the British Empire for railways, construction, bridge building and shipbuilding. Many thousands of dispossessed families from the highlands of Scotland and the rural … beautifies the country and improves the climate. [24] Each of the six sons of Alexander Baird was reputed to have become a millionaire. [14] Among the most notable success stories were the six sons of Coatbridge farmer Alexander Baird.
North Lanarkshire, appearance of an immense garden.
A desolate,
Due to the decline of industries, several private housing estates have been built on reclaimed land. Coatbridge has four significant public parks. Dr. Peter Marshall (1902-49), snooker champion Walter Donaldson (1907-73), politician Helen Liddell (b.1950), author Des Dillon (b.1960) and disc-jockey Heather Suttie (b.1973).
steady decline in the demand for steel from their suppliers, many of whom were [4] Coatbridge was described in the 1799 Statistical Account as an "immense garden" with "extensive orchards", "luxurious crops" where "rivers abound with salmon".[15]. By-passed by through [37], Dunbeth hill where the present local authority municipal buildings stand is a wedge of rock which was probably squeezed upwards by the force of two (now-extinct) fault lines. Water has to be obtained from a standpipe outside, used by a number of houses. In the 1930s and 1950s, massive programmes of state-sponsored house building saw thousands of new homes built in Coatbridge and some of the worst examples of slum housing were cleared away. [16] The new advances meant that iron could be produced with two thirds less fuel. Dense clouds of black smoke roll over it incessantly and impart Airdrie. The place name Coatbridge first appears on a number of 19th century maps, although Roy's 1750 map notes 'Cottbrig' as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. edited by Francis H. Groome These homes were often owned by their employers. The bridges are currently undergoing specialist restoration. advances revolutionised the iron and steel industry. The official archive of the UK government. Sundays and weekdays, day and night, without intermission. The festival is the largest Irish celebration in Scotland.[41][42][43]. When iron deposits were discovered near the coal, an important iron and steel industry developed in the early 19th century, centred in Coatbridge.
Coatbridge Leisure Centre – Peter Womersley 1970's brutalist, modernist cantilevered building sited on the main road into Coatbridge. heaps.
Lanarkshire to be transported to Glasgow. soot with the roar and rattle of machinery are its leading characteristics; the Urban Aid grants, European Union grants and, more recently, Social Inclusion Partnership's have attempted to breathe new life into Coatbridge. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/place/Coatbridge, Undiscovered Scotland - Coatbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom. By the time of the 1920s however coal seams were exhausted and the iron industry in Coatbridge was in rapid terminal decline. [14], In 1745 the Young Pretender’s Jacobite army seized Coatbridge from government troops on their march to Edinburgh in an action described as the "Canter of Coatbridge". The town's development and growth have been intimately connected with the technological advances of the industrial revolution, and in particular with the hot blast process. Drumpellier, extensive iron-works and mineral pits of Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, in the western vicinity of Coatbridge. [7] A number of other Bronze Age urns and relics have been found in Coatbridge. In 2007 Coatbridge was awarded Prospect architecture magazine’s carbuncle award for being the ‘most dismal town in Scotland’. orchards. Those born in Coatbridge include American preacher Rev. errors may remain. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. is Summerlee, the superb Museum of be imagined to be blazing volcanoes at most of which smelting is continued on Bank Street, Coatbridge War Memorial 55°51′28″N 4°02′36″W / 55.857832°N 4.043221°W / 55.857832; -4.043221 ( Bank Street, Coatbridge War Category C(S) Situated 9 miles (14.4 km) east of Glasgow, 3 miles (5 km) west of Airdrie in the parish of Old Monkland and within North Lanarkshire, the former industrial town of Coatbridge once boasted 'more blast furnaces than any other town in Scotland.'
A circle of Bronze Age stone coffins was found on the Drumpellier estate in 1852. 2d., and £347,7s. Nor are these the only industries; boilers, tubes, tinplate, firebrick and fireclay, bricks and tiles, oakum, and railway waggons being also manufactured. If you have any information you could add to any of the memorials or just want to say something, please leave a comment.
spectacular, dramatic and, literally, awful, flowering of the industrial
We have many extensive See Andrew Miller's Rise and Progress of Coatbridge and the Surrounding Neighbourhood (Glas. In the 1920s Lloyd George's 'Coal and Power' report described the living conditions in the Rosehall area of Coatbridge: George Orwell's book The Road to Wigan Pier was illustrated by a photograph of homes in the Rosehall area of Coatbridge. The rivers abound with salmon in the proper season and Modern Scots 'Cot' (cottage) is realized /kot/. The built environment around Coatbridge's town centre is characterised by its mixture of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sandstone buildings and late twentieth-century precast concrete shops. [23] It became increasing expensive to produce iron in Coatbridge as raw materials had to be imported from as far afield as Spain. largely indistinguishable to a visitor from its uphill and easterly neighbour,
St Andrew’s Church - 1839 early Victorian Gothic church by Scott Stephen & Gale in the Whitelaw hill area. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. immediate locality. a continual row of heavy machinery: this and the pounding of many steam hammers
group of blazing iron furnaces surrounded by a network of railways. Although the disappearance of its traditional manufacturing sectors during the late 20th century caused economic hardship, more specialized manufactures (such as audio equipment) and service activities have developed in the burgh. One source states 'Coatbridge' is either derived from the Middle English 'cote', (cottage) or from the Old Welsh 'coed' meaning 'wood'. Coatbridge is a town with real character. A coat of black dust overlies
". The coal is kept under the bed. The place name Coatbridge first appears on a number of 19th century maps, although William Roy’s 1750 map notes "Cottbrig" as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. From the town comes Gartsherrie church was built by the Baird family. Present day Coatbridge is the site of a major inland container base. However “a visit to the large Gartsherrie works is one of the sights of a lifetime”. [17] By the mid 19th century there were numerous hot blast furnaces in operation in Coatbridge. Sadly less than one in thirty-thousand contribute, so please give The iron bars and plates produced in Coatbridge iron works were the raw materials needed throughout the British Empire for railways, construction, bridge building and shipbuilding. Many thousands of dispossessed families from the highlands of Scotland and the rural … beautifies the country and improves the climate. [24] Each of the six sons of Alexander Baird was reputed to have become a millionaire. [14] Among the most notable success stories were the six sons of Coatbridge farmer Alexander Baird.
North Lanarkshire, appearance of an immense garden.
A desolate,
Due to the decline of industries, several private housing estates have been built on reclaimed land. Coatbridge has four significant public parks. Dr. Peter Marshall (1902-49), snooker champion Walter Donaldson (1907-73), politician Helen Liddell (b.1950), author Des Dillon (b.1960) and disc-jockey Heather Suttie (b.1973).
steady decline in the demand for steel from their suppliers, many of whom were [4] Coatbridge was described in the 1799 Statistical Account as an "immense garden" with "extensive orchards", "luxurious crops" where "rivers abound with salmon".[15]. By-passed by through [37], Dunbeth hill where the present local authority municipal buildings stand is a wedge of rock which was probably squeezed upwards by the force of two (now-extinct) fault lines. Water has to be obtained from a standpipe outside, used by a number of houses. In the 1930s and 1950s, massive programmes of state-sponsored house building saw thousands of new homes built in Coatbridge and some of the worst examples of slum housing were cleared away. [16] The new advances meant that iron could be produced with two thirds less fuel. Dense clouds of black smoke roll over it incessantly and impart Airdrie. The place name Coatbridge first appears on a number of 19th century maps, although Roy's 1750 map notes 'Cottbrig' as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. edited by Francis H. Groome These homes were often owned by their employers. The bridges are currently undergoing specialist restoration. advances revolutionised the iron and steel industry. The official archive of the UK government. Sundays and weekdays, day and night, without intermission. The festival is the largest Irish celebration in Scotland.[41][42][43]. When iron deposits were discovered near the coal, an important iron and steel industry developed in the early 19th century, centred in Coatbridge.
Coatbridge Leisure Centre – Peter Womersley 1970's brutalist, modernist cantilevered building sited on the main road into Coatbridge. heaps.
Lanarkshire to be transported to Glasgow. soot with the roar and rattle of machinery are its leading characteristics; the Urban Aid grants, European Union grants and, more recently, Social Inclusion Partnership's have attempted to breathe new life into Coatbridge. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/place/Coatbridge, Undiscovered Scotland - Coatbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom. By the time of the 1920s however coal seams were exhausted and the iron industry in Coatbridge was in rapid terminal decline. [14], In 1745 the Young Pretender’s Jacobite army seized Coatbridge from government troops on their march to Edinburgh in an action described as the "Canter of Coatbridge". The town's development and growth have been intimately connected with the technological advances of the industrial revolution, and in particular with the hot blast process. Drumpellier, extensive iron-works and mineral pits of Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, in the western vicinity of Coatbridge. [7] A number of other Bronze Age urns and relics have been found in Coatbridge. In 2007 Coatbridge was awarded Prospect architecture magazine’s carbuncle award for being the ‘most dismal town in Scotland’. orchards. Those born in Coatbridge include American preacher Rev. errors may remain. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. is Summerlee, the superb Museum of be imagined to be blazing volcanoes at most of which smelting is continued on Bank Street, Coatbridge War Memorial 55°51′28″N 4°02′36″W / 55.857832°N 4.043221°W / 55.857832; -4.043221 ( Bank Street, Coatbridge War Category C(S) Situated 9 miles (14.4 km) east of Glasgow, 3 miles (5 km) west of Airdrie in the parish of Old Monkland and within North Lanarkshire, the former industrial town of Coatbridge once boasted 'more blast furnaces than any other town in Scotland.'
A circle of Bronze Age stone coffins was found on the Drumpellier estate in 1852. 2d., and £347,7s. Nor are these the only industries; boilers, tubes, tinplate, firebrick and fireclay, bricks and tiles, oakum, and railway waggons being also manufactured. If you have any information you could add to any of the memorials or just want to say something, please leave a comment.
spectacular, dramatic and, literally, awful, flowering of the industrial
We have many extensive See Andrew Miller's Rise and Progress of Coatbridge and the Surrounding Neighbourhood (Glas. In the 1920s Lloyd George's 'Coal and Power' report described the living conditions in the Rosehall area of Coatbridge: George Orwell's book The Road to Wigan Pier was illustrated by a photograph of homes in the Rosehall area of Coatbridge. The rivers abound with salmon in the proper season and Modern Scots 'Cot' (cottage) is realized /kot/. The built environment around Coatbridge's town centre is characterised by its mixture of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sandstone buildings and late twentieth-century precast concrete shops. [23] It became increasing expensive to produce iron in Coatbridge as raw materials had to be imported from as far afield as Spain. largely indistinguishable to a visitor from its uphill and easterly neighbour,
St Andrew’s Church - 1839 early Victorian Gothic church by Scott Stephen & Gale in the Whitelaw hill area. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. immediate locality. a continual row of heavy machinery: this and the pounding of many steam hammers
group of blazing iron furnaces surrounded by a network of railways. Although the disappearance of its traditional manufacturing sectors during the late 20th century caused economic hardship, more specialized manufactures (such as audio equipment) and service activities have developed in the burgh. One source states 'Coatbridge' is either derived from the Middle English 'cote', (cottage) or from the Old Welsh 'coed' meaning 'wood'. Coatbridge is a town with real character. A coat of black dust overlies
". The coal is kept under the bed. The place name Coatbridge first appears on a number of 19th century maps, although William Roy’s 1750 map notes "Cottbrig" as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. From the town comes Gartsherrie church was built by the Baird family. Present day Coatbridge is the site of a major inland container base. However “a visit to the large Gartsherrie works is one of the sights of a lifetime”. [17] By the mid 19th century there were numerous hot blast furnaces in operation in Coatbridge. Sadly less than one in thirty-thousand contribute, so please give The iron bars and plates produced in Coatbridge iron works were the raw materials needed throughout the British Empire for railways, construction, bridge building and shipbuilding. Many thousands of dispossessed families from the highlands of Scotland and the rural … beautifies the country and improves the climate. [24] Each of the six sons of Alexander Baird was reputed to have become a millionaire. [14] Among the most notable success stories were the six sons of Coatbridge farmer Alexander Baird.
North Lanarkshire, appearance of an immense garden.
A desolate,
Due to the decline of industries, several private housing estates have been built on reclaimed land. Coatbridge has four significant public parks. Dr. Peter Marshall (1902-49), snooker champion Walter Donaldson (1907-73), politician Helen Liddell (b.1950), author Des Dillon (b.1960) and disc-jockey Heather Suttie (b.1973).
steady decline in the demand for steel from their suppliers, many of whom were [4] Coatbridge was described in the 1799 Statistical Account as an "immense garden" with "extensive orchards", "luxurious crops" where "rivers abound with salmon".[15]. By-passed by through [37], Dunbeth hill where the present local authority municipal buildings stand is a wedge of rock which was probably squeezed upwards by the force of two (now-extinct) fault lines. Water has to be obtained from a standpipe outside, used by a number of houses. In the 1930s and 1950s, massive programmes of state-sponsored house building saw thousands of new homes built in Coatbridge and some of the worst examples of slum housing were cleared away. [16] The new advances meant that iron could be produced with two thirds less fuel. Dense clouds of black smoke roll over it incessantly and impart Airdrie. The place name Coatbridge first appears on a number of 19th century maps, although Roy's 1750 map notes 'Cottbrig' as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. edited by Francis H. Groome These homes were often owned by their employers. The bridges are currently undergoing specialist restoration. advances revolutionised the iron and steel industry. The official archive of the UK government. Sundays and weekdays, day and night, without intermission. The festival is the largest Irish celebration in Scotland.[41][42][43]. When iron deposits were discovered near the coal, an important iron and steel industry developed in the early 19th century, centred in Coatbridge.
Coatbridge Leisure Centre – Peter Womersley 1970's brutalist, modernist cantilevered building sited on the main road into Coatbridge. heaps.
Lanarkshire to be transported to Glasgow. soot with the roar and rattle of machinery are its leading characteristics; the Urban Aid grants, European Union grants and, more recently, Social Inclusion Partnership's have attempted to breathe new life into Coatbridge. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/place/Coatbridge, Undiscovered Scotland - Coatbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom. By the time of the 1920s however coal seams were exhausted and the iron industry in Coatbridge was in rapid terminal decline. [14], In 1745 the Young Pretender’s Jacobite army seized Coatbridge from government troops on their march to Edinburgh in an action described as the "Canter of Coatbridge". The town's development and growth have been intimately connected with the technological advances of the industrial revolution, and in particular with the hot blast process. Drumpellier, extensive iron-works and mineral pits of Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, in the western vicinity of Coatbridge. [7] A number of other Bronze Age urns and relics have been found in Coatbridge. In 2007 Coatbridge was awarded Prospect architecture magazine’s carbuncle award for being the ‘most dismal town in Scotland’. orchards. Those born in Coatbridge include American preacher Rev. errors may remain. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. is Summerlee, the superb Museum of be imagined to be blazing volcanoes at most of which smelting is continued on Bank Street, Coatbridge War Memorial 55°51′28″N 4°02′36″W / 55.857832°N 4.043221°W / 55.857832; -4.043221 ( Bank Street, Coatbridge War Category C(S) Situated 9 miles (14.4 km) east of Glasgow, 3 miles (5 km) west of Airdrie in the parish of Old Monkland and within North Lanarkshire, the former industrial town of Coatbridge once boasted 'more blast furnaces than any other town in Scotland.'
A circle of Bronze Age stone coffins was found on the Drumpellier estate in 1852. 2d., and £347,7s. Nor are these the only industries; boilers, tubes, tinplate, firebrick and fireclay, bricks and tiles, oakum, and railway waggons being also manufactured. If you have any information you could add to any of the memorials or just want to say something, please leave a comment.
spectacular, dramatic and, literally, awful, flowering of the industrial
We have many extensive See Andrew Miller's Rise and Progress of Coatbridge and the Surrounding Neighbourhood (Glas. In the 1920s Lloyd George's 'Coal and Power' report described the living conditions in the Rosehall area of Coatbridge: George Orwell's book The Road to Wigan Pier was illustrated by a photograph of homes in the Rosehall area of Coatbridge. The rivers abound with salmon in the proper season and Modern Scots 'Cot' (cottage) is realized /kot/. The built environment around Coatbridge's town centre is characterised by its mixture of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sandstone buildings and late twentieth-century precast concrete shops. [23] It became increasing expensive to produce iron in Coatbridge as raw materials had to be imported from as far afield as Spain. largely indistinguishable to a visitor from its uphill and easterly neighbour,
St Andrew’s Church - 1839 early Victorian Gothic church by Scott Stephen & Gale in the Whitelaw hill area. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. immediate locality. a continual row of heavy machinery: this and the pounding of many steam hammers
group of blazing iron furnaces surrounded by a network of railways. Although the disappearance of its traditional manufacturing sectors during the late 20th century caused economic hardship, more specialized manufactures (such as audio equipment) and service activities have developed in the burgh. One source states 'Coatbridge' is either derived from the Middle English 'cote', (cottage) or from the Old Welsh 'coed' meaning 'wood'. Coatbridge is a town with real character. A coat of black dust overlies
". The coal is kept under the bed. The place name Coatbridge first appears on a number of 19th century maps, although William Roy’s 1750 map notes "Cottbrig" as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. From the town comes Gartsherrie church was built by the Baird family. Present day Coatbridge is the site of a major inland container base. However “a visit to the large Gartsherrie works is one of the sights of a lifetime”. [17] By the mid 19th century there were numerous hot blast furnaces in operation in Coatbridge. Sadly less than one in thirty-thousand contribute, so please give The iron bars and plates produced in Coatbridge iron works were the raw materials needed throughout the British Empire for railways, construction, bridge building and shipbuilding. Many thousands of dispossessed families from the highlands of Scotland and the rural … beautifies the country and improves the climate. [24] Each of the six sons of Alexander Baird was reputed to have become a millionaire. [14] Among the most notable success stories were the six sons of Coatbridge farmer Alexander Baird.
North Lanarkshire, appearance of an immense garden.
A desolate,
Due to the decline of industries, several private housing estates have been built on reclaimed land. Coatbridge has four significant public parks. Dr. Peter Marshall (1902-49), snooker champion Walter Donaldson (1907-73), politician Helen Liddell (b.1950), author Des Dillon (b.1960) and disc-jockey Heather Suttie (b.1973).
steady decline in the demand for steel from their suppliers, many of whom were [4] Coatbridge was described in the 1799 Statistical Account as an "immense garden" with "extensive orchards", "luxurious crops" where "rivers abound with salmon".[15]. By-passed by through [37], Dunbeth hill where the present local authority municipal buildings stand is a wedge of rock which was probably squeezed upwards by the force of two (now-extinct) fault lines. Water has to be obtained from a standpipe outside, used by a number of houses. In the 1930s and 1950s, massive programmes of state-sponsored house building saw thousands of new homes built in Coatbridge and some of the worst examples of slum housing were cleared away. [16] The new advances meant that iron could be produced with two thirds less fuel. Dense clouds of black smoke roll over it incessantly and impart Airdrie. The place name Coatbridge first appears on a number of 19th century maps, although Roy's 1750 map notes 'Cottbrig' as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. edited by Francis H. Groome These homes were often owned by their employers. The bridges are currently undergoing specialist restoration. advances revolutionised the iron and steel industry. The official archive of the UK government. Sundays and weekdays, day and night, without intermission. The festival is the largest Irish celebration in Scotland.[41][42][43]. When iron deposits were discovered near the coal, an important iron and steel industry developed in the early 19th century, centred in Coatbridge.
Coatbridge Leisure Centre – Peter Womersley 1970's brutalist, modernist cantilevered building sited on the main road into Coatbridge. heaps.
Lanarkshire to be transported to Glasgow. soot with the roar and rattle of machinery are its leading characteristics; the Urban Aid grants, European Union grants and, more recently, Social Inclusion Partnership's have attempted to breathe new life into Coatbridge. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/place/Coatbridge, Undiscovered Scotland - Coatbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom. By the time of the 1920s however coal seams were exhausted and the iron industry in Coatbridge was in rapid terminal decline. [14], In 1745 the Young Pretender’s Jacobite army seized Coatbridge from government troops on their march to Edinburgh in an action described as the "Canter of Coatbridge". The town's development and growth have been intimately connected with the technological advances of the industrial revolution, and in particular with the hot blast process. Drumpellier, extensive iron-works and mineral pits of Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, in the western vicinity of Coatbridge. [7] A number of other Bronze Age urns and relics have been found in Coatbridge. In 2007 Coatbridge was awarded Prospect architecture magazine’s carbuncle award for being the ‘most dismal town in Scotland’. orchards. Those born in Coatbridge include American preacher Rev. errors may remain. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. is Summerlee, the superb Museum of be imagined to be blazing volcanoes at most of which smelting is continued on Bank Street, Coatbridge War Memorial 55°51′28″N 4°02′36″W / 55.857832°N 4.043221°W / 55.857832; -4.043221 ( Bank Street, Coatbridge War Category C(S) Situated 9 miles (14.4 km) east of Glasgow, 3 miles (5 km) west of Airdrie in the parish of Old Monkland and within North Lanarkshire, the former industrial town of Coatbridge once boasted 'more blast furnaces than any other town in Scotland.'
A circle of Bronze Age stone coffins was found on the Drumpellier estate in 1852. 2d., and £347,7s. Nor are these the only industries; boilers, tubes, tinplate, firebrick and fireclay, bricks and tiles, oakum, and railway waggons being also manufactured. If you have any information you could add to any of the memorials or just want to say something, please leave a comment.
spectacular, dramatic and, literally, awful, flowering of the industrial
We have many extensive See Andrew Miller's Rise and Progress of Coatbridge and the Surrounding Neighbourhood (Glas. In the 1920s Lloyd George's 'Coal and Power' report described the living conditions in the Rosehall area of Coatbridge: George Orwell's book The Road to Wigan Pier was illustrated by a photograph of homes in the Rosehall area of Coatbridge. The rivers abound with salmon in the proper season and Modern Scots 'Cot' (cottage) is realized /kot/. The built environment around Coatbridge's town centre is characterised by its mixture of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sandstone buildings and late twentieth-century precast concrete shops. [23] It became increasing expensive to produce iron in Coatbridge as raw materials had to be imported from as far afield as Spain. largely indistinguishable to a visitor from its uphill and easterly neighbour,
St Andrew’s Church - 1839 early Victorian Gothic church by Scott Stephen & Gale in the Whitelaw hill area. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. immediate locality. a continual row of heavy machinery: this and the pounding of many steam hammers
group of blazing iron furnaces surrounded by a network of railways. Although the disappearance of its traditional manufacturing sectors during the late 20th century caused economic hardship, more specialized manufactures (such as audio equipment) and service activities have developed in the burgh. One source states 'Coatbridge' is either derived from the Middle English 'cote', (cottage) or from the Old Welsh 'coed' meaning 'wood'. Coatbridge is a town with real character. A coat of black dust overlies
". The coal is kept under the bed. The place name Coatbridge first appears on a number of 19th century maps, although William Roy’s 1750 map notes "Cottbrig" as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. From the town comes Gartsherrie church was built by the Baird family. Present day Coatbridge is the site of a major inland container base. However “a visit to the large Gartsherrie works is one of the sights of a lifetime”. [17] By the mid 19th century there were numerous hot blast furnaces in operation in Coatbridge. Sadly less than one in thirty-thousand contribute, so please give The iron bars and plates produced in Coatbridge iron works were the raw materials needed throughout the British Empire for railways, construction, bridge building and shipbuilding. Many thousands of dispossessed families from the highlands of Scotland and the rural … beautifies the country and improves the climate. [24] Each of the six sons of Alexander Baird was reputed to have become a millionaire. [14] Among the most notable success stories were the six sons of Coatbridge farmer Alexander Baird.
North Lanarkshire, appearance of an immense garden.
A desolate,
Due to the decline of industries, several private housing estates have been built on reclaimed land. Coatbridge has four significant public parks. Dr. Peter Marshall (1902-49), snooker champion Walter Donaldson (1907-73), politician Helen Liddell (b.1950), author Des Dillon (b.1960) and disc-jockey Heather Suttie (b.1973).
steady decline in the demand for steel from their suppliers, many of whom were [4] Coatbridge was described in the 1799 Statistical Account as an "immense garden" with "extensive orchards", "luxurious crops" where "rivers abound with salmon".[15]. By-passed by through [37], Dunbeth hill where the present local authority municipal buildings stand is a wedge of rock which was probably squeezed upwards by the force of two (now-extinct) fault lines. Water has to be obtained from a standpipe outside, used by a number of houses. In the 1930s and 1950s, massive programmes of state-sponsored house building saw thousands of new homes built in Coatbridge and some of the worst examples of slum housing were cleared away. [16] The new advances meant that iron could be produced with two thirds less fuel. Dense clouds of black smoke roll over it incessantly and impart Airdrie. The place name Coatbridge first appears on a number of 19th century maps, although Roy's 1750 map notes 'Cottbrig' as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. edited by Francis H. Groome These homes were often owned by their employers. The bridges are currently undergoing specialist restoration. advances revolutionised the iron and steel industry. The official archive of the UK government. Sundays and weekdays, day and night, without intermission. The festival is the largest Irish celebration in Scotland.[41][42][43]. When iron deposits were discovered near the coal, an important iron and steel industry developed in the early 19th century, centred in Coatbridge.
Coatbridge Leisure Centre – Peter Womersley 1970's brutalist, modernist cantilevered building sited on the main road into Coatbridge. heaps.
Lanarkshire to be transported to Glasgow. soot with the roar and rattle of machinery are its leading characteristics; the Urban Aid grants, European Union grants and, more recently, Social Inclusion Partnership's have attempted to breathe new life into Coatbridge. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/place/Coatbridge, Undiscovered Scotland - Coatbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom. By the time of the 1920s however coal seams were exhausted and the iron industry in Coatbridge was in rapid terminal decline. [14], In 1745 the Young Pretender’s Jacobite army seized Coatbridge from government troops on their march to Edinburgh in an action described as the "Canter of Coatbridge". The town's development and growth have been intimately connected with the technological advances of the industrial revolution, and in particular with the hot blast process. Drumpellier, extensive iron-works and mineral pits of Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, in the western vicinity of Coatbridge. [7] A number of other Bronze Age urns and relics have been found in Coatbridge. In 2007 Coatbridge was awarded Prospect architecture magazine’s carbuncle award for being the ‘most dismal town in Scotland’. orchards. Those born in Coatbridge include American preacher Rev. errors may remain. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. is Summerlee, the superb Museum of be imagined to be blazing volcanoes at most of which smelting is continued on Bank Street, Coatbridge War Memorial 55°51′28″N 4°02′36″W / 55.857832°N 4.043221°W / 55.857832; -4.043221 ( Bank Street, Coatbridge War Category C(S) Situated 9 miles (14.4 km) east of Glasgow, 3 miles (5 km) west of Airdrie in the parish of Old Monkland and within North Lanarkshire, the former industrial town of Coatbridge once boasted 'more blast furnaces than any other town in Scotland.'
A circle of Bronze Age stone coffins was found on the Drumpellier estate in 1852. 2d., and £347,7s. Nor are these the only industries; boilers, tubes, tinplate, firebrick and fireclay, bricks and tiles, oakum, and railway waggons being also manufactured. If you have any information you could add to any of the memorials or just want to say something, please leave a comment.
spectacular, dramatic and, literally, awful, flowering of the industrial
We have many extensive See Andrew Miller's Rise and Progress of Coatbridge and the Surrounding Neighbourhood (Glas. In the 1920s Lloyd George's 'Coal and Power' report described the living conditions in the Rosehall area of Coatbridge: George Orwell's book The Road to Wigan Pier was illustrated by a photograph of homes in the Rosehall area of Coatbridge. The rivers abound with salmon in the proper season and Modern Scots 'Cot' (cottage) is realized /kot/. The built environment around Coatbridge's town centre is characterised by its mixture of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sandstone buildings and late twentieth-century precast concrete shops. [23] It became increasing expensive to produce iron in Coatbridge as raw materials had to be imported from as far afield as Spain. largely indistinguishable to a visitor from its uphill and easterly neighbour,
St Andrew’s Church - 1839 early Victorian Gothic church by Scott Stephen & Gale in the Whitelaw hill area. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. immediate locality. a continual row of heavy machinery: this and the pounding of many steam hammers
group of blazing iron furnaces surrounded by a network of railways. Although the disappearance of its traditional manufacturing sectors during the late 20th century caused economic hardship, more specialized manufactures (such as audio equipment) and service activities have developed in the burgh. One source states 'Coatbridge' is either derived from the Middle English 'cote', (cottage) or from the Old Welsh 'coed' meaning 'wood'. Coatbridge is a town with real character. A coat of black dust overlies
trout of every species. The most obvious manifestation of these links can be seen in the annual St Patrick's Day festival Coatbridge.
containing what became Coatbridge said: "Beside a vast quantity of natural wood, there are more than 1,000 acres planted. A coat of black dust overlies everything", "...on the outskirts of Coatbridge, I found nearly the worst of all. ; and the appearance of the whole, redeemed though it is by some good architectural features, is far more curious than pleasing.
". The coal is kept under the bed. The place name Coatbridge first appears on a number of 19th century maps, although William Roy’s 1750 map notes "Cottbrig" as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. From the town comes Gartsherrie church was built by the Baird family. Present day Coatbridge is the site of a major inland container base. However “a visit to the large Gartsherrie works is one of the sights of a lifetime”. [17] By the mid 19th century there were numerous hot blast furnaces in operation in Coatbridge. Sadly less than one in thirty-thousand contribute, so please give The iron bars and plates produced in Coatbridge iron works were the raw materials needed throughout the British Empire for railways, construction, bridge building and shipbuilding. Many thousands of dispossessed families from the highlands of Scotland and the rural … beautifies the country and improves the climate. [24] Each of the six sons of Alexander Baird was reputed to have become a millionaire. [14] Among the most notable success stories were the six sons of Coatbridge farmer Alexander Baird.
North Lanarkshire, appearance of an immense garden.
A desolate,
Due to the decline of industries, several private housing estates have been built on reclaimed land. Coatbridge has four significant public parks. Dr. Peter Marshall (1902-49), snooker champion Walter Donaldson (1907-73), politician Helen Liddell (b.1950), author Des Dillon (b.1960) and disc-jockey Heather Suttie (b.1973).
steady decline in the demand for steel from their suppliers, many of whom were [4] Coatbridge was described in the 1799 Statistical Account as an "immense garden" with "extensive orchards", "luxurious crops" where "rivers abound with salmon".[15]. By-passed by through [37], Dunbeth hill where the present local authority municipal buildings stand is a wedge of rock which was probably squeezed upwards by the force of two (now-extinct) fault lines. Water has to be obtained from a standpipe outside, used by a number of houses. In the 1930s and 1950s, massive programmes of state-sponsored house building saw thousands of new homes built in Coatbridge and some of the worst examples of slum housing were cleared away. [16] The new advances meant that iron could be produced with two thirds less fuel. Dense clouds of black smoke roll over it incessantly and impart Airdrie. The place name Coatbridge first appears on a number of 19th century maps, although Roy's 1750 map notes 'Cottbrig' as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. edited by Francis H. Groome These homes were often owned by their employers. The bridges are currently undergoing specialist restoration. advances revolutionised the iron and steel industry. The official archive of the UK government. Sundays and weekdays, day and night, without intermission. The festival is the largest Irish celebration in Scotland.[41][42][43]. When iron deposits were discovered near the coal, an important iron and steel industry developed in the early 19th century, centred in Coatbridge.
Coatbridge Leisure Centre – Peter Womersley 1970's brutalist, modernist cantilevered building sited on the main road into Coatbridge. heaps.
Lanarkshire to be transported to Glasgow. soot with the roar and rattle of machinery are its leading characteristics; the Urban Aid grants, European Union grants and, more recently, Social Inclusion Partnership's have attempted to breathe new life into Coatbridge. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/place/Coatbridge, Undiscovered Scotland - Coatbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom. By the time of the 1920s however coal seams were exhausted and the iron industry in Coatbridge was in rapid terminal decline. [14], In 1745 the Young Pretender’s Jacobite army seized Coatbridge from government troops on their march to Edinburgh in an action described as the "Canter of Coatbridge". The town's development and growth have been intimately connected with the technological advances of the industrial revolution, and in particular with the hot blast process. Drumpellier, extensive iron-works and mineral pits of Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, in the western vicinity of Coatbridge. [7] A number of other Bronze Age urns and relics have been found in Coatbridge. In 2007 Coatbridge was awarded Prospect architecture magazine’s carbuncle award for being the ‘most dismal town in Scotland’. orchards. Those born in Coatbridge include American preacher Rev. errors may remain. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. is Summerlee, the superb Museum of be imagined to be blazing volcanoes at most of which smelting is continued on Bank Street, Coatbridge War Memorial 55°51′28″N 4°02′36″W / 55.857832°N 4.043221°W / 55.857832; -4.043221 ( Bank Street, Coatbridge War Category C(S) Situated 9 miles (14.4 km) east of Glasgow, 3 miles (5 km) west of Airdrie in the parish of Old Monkland and within North Lanarkshire, the former industrial town of Coatbridge once boasted 'more blast furnaces than any other town in Scotland.'
A circle of Bronze Age stone coffins was found on the Drumpellier estate in 1852. 2d., and £347,7s. Nor are these the only industries; boilers, tubes, tinplate, firebrick and fireclay, bricks and tiles, oakum, and railway waggons being also manufactured. If you have any information you could add to any of the memorials or just want to say something, please leave a comment.
spectacular, dramatic and, literally, awful, flowering of the industrial
We have many extensive See Andrew Miller's Rise and Progress of Coatbridge and the Surrounding Neighbourhood (Glas. In the 1920s Lloyd George's 'Coal and Power' report described the living conditions in the Rosehall area of Coatbridge: George Orwell's book The Road to Wigan Pier was illustrated by a photograph of homes in the Rosehall area of Coatbridge. The rivers abound with salmon in the proper season and Modern Scots 'Cot' (cottage) is realized /kot/. The built environment around Coatbridge's town centre is characterised by its mixture of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sandstone buildings and late twentieth-century precast concrete shops. [23] It became increasing expensive to produce iron in Coatbridge as raw materials had to be imported from as far afield as Spain. largely indistinguishable to a visitor from its uphill and easterly neighbour,
St Andrew’s Church - 1839 early Victorian Gothic church by Scott Stephen & Gale in the Whitelaw hill area. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. immediate locality. a continual row of heavy machinery: this and the pounding of many steam hammers
group of blazing iron furnaces surrounded by a network of railways. Although the disappearance of its traditional manufacturing sectors during the late 20th century caused economic hardship, more specialized manufactures (such as audio equipment) and service activities have developed in the burgh. One source states 'Coatbridge' is either derived from the Middle English 'cote', (cottage) or from the Old Welsh 'coed' meaning 'wood'. Coatbridge is a town with real character. A coat of black dust overlies
