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BLANTYRE (Gaelic, " the warm retreat")

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 43 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLANTYRE (Gaelic, " the warm See also:retreat")  , a See also:parish of See also:Lanarkshire, See also:Scotland . Pop . (1901) 14,145 . The parish lies a few See also:miles See also:south-See also:east of See also:Glasgow, and contains High See also:Blantyre (pop . 2521), Blantyre See also:Works (or See also:Low Blantyre), Stonefield and several villages . The whole See also:district is See also:rich in See also:coal, the See also:mining of which is extensively carried on . Blantyre Works (pop . 1683) was the birthplace of See also:David See also:Livingstone (1813–1873) and his See also:brother See also:Charles (1821-1873), who as lads were both employed as piecers in a See also:local See also:cotton-See also:mill . The scanty remains of Blantyre Priory, founded towards the See also:close of the 13th See also:century, stand on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Clyde, almost opposite the beautiful ruins of See also:Bothwell See also:Castle . High Blantyre and Blantyre Works are connected with Glasgow by the Caledonian railway . Stonefield (pop . 7288), the most populous See also:place in See also:BLASPHEMY 43 the parish, entirely occupied with mining, lies between High Blantyre and Blantyre Works .

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Calderwood Castle on Rotten See also:Calder See also:Water, near High Blantyre, is situated amid picturesque scenery .

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