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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 1014 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHOTTS  , a

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mining and manufacturing
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parish of
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Lanarkshire,
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Scotland . It comprises eight villages, parts of two others, and the
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town of
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Cleland (including Omoa) and is served by the
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North
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British and Caledonian
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railways . Pop . (1891) 11,957; (1901) 15,562 . The parish contains large ironworks,
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tile,
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fire-
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clay and
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brick-
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works, and quarries, and includes the
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Lanark
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district
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asylum and a
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fever
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hospital . The curious name of Omoa is supposed to have been given to his
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property by some soldier or sailor who had settled here after the
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wars in
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Honduras, of which Omoa is a seaport .
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Matthew
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Baillie (1761-1823), famous for his researches in morbid
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anatomy, and
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Janet
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Hamilton (1795-1873), the poetess, were
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born in the parish of Shotts .

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