561-castle, 106-house, 548-vil- of, 560
Cartlane Crags, scenery of, 4-bridge, 24 Castlehill, remains of the, 13 Cathkin hill, 597
Caves at Borland, 850
Chancellor of Shieldhill, family of, 42 Chapelhill, 345-iron works, 796 Chapel Rone, 733
Character and habits of the people, 34, 44, 97, 293, 347, 527, 540, 586, 603, 694, 739, 793, 822, 894 Church building society, institution and operations of, 904
Churches and chapels connected with the Establishment, 25, 38, 46, 61, 73, 89, 98, 246, 286, 299, 310, 325, 338, 350, 368, 394, 411 438, 464, 475, 490, 512, 531, 545, 561, 592, 605, 615, 631, 665, 711, 751, 799, 839, 863, 871, 875, 899 Cleland testimonial, the, 226 Climate. See Meteorology. Clyde, the, 4, 196, 315, 419, 942-dues on the at Glasgow, 198-falls of, 5, 936-improvements of, 196, 946- tides in, 239-tributaries to, 913- union of with the Tweed, 942 Coal-fields and collieries, 257, 420, 480, 566, 446, 610, 625, 643, 672, 723, 774, 796, 881
Coal-fields, general observations on, 949 Coal, cannel, of Auchinheath, 951 Cochrane, Lord, early life of, 267 Cock-fighting, prevalence of, in Glasgow, 211
Constantine, King of Cornwall, settles at Govan, 675
Couthalley Castle, ruins of, 83 Covenant, renewal of the, at Auchen- saugh, 479, 485
Covenanters, armed assemblage of, at Rutherglen, 380-defeat of by Lam- bert, 265-persecution of, 296
Dalserf, Ferry of, 748-parish of, 719 -village of, 726
Darngaber, ruins of the castle of, 270 David I., gift of Govan by, to St Mun- go, 702
Dalzell burn, 445-family of, 449- house, 453-old church of, destroyed, 465-parish of, 442
Dechmont, ancient customs connected with, 417
Defeat of Edward I. by Wallace at Big- gar, 358
Deluge, traces of the, 7 Devonshaw hill, 806
Dissenters and Dissenting chapels, 26,
38, 47, 62, 90, 98, 247, 289, 351, 368, 394, 439, 475, 490, 512, 532, 561, 593, 605, 615, 633, 714, 789, 752, 755, 800, 864, 899 Dolphinton, parish of, 49 Doomster hill, 690
Double dikes, encampment at, 471 Douglas ancient monuments in the church of, 491-castle of, 481, 488 -family of, 483-parish of, 477- village of, 488-water, 479
Druidical remains at Avonholm, 295 Drumclog, battle of, 304
Drumsargard, ruins of the Castle of, 429 Duneaton, river, 499 Dungarvel hill, 93
Dunsyre hill, 64—parish of, 64 Earnock house, 274
East Kilbride, parish of, 877 Easton, remarkable spring at, 65 Ecclesiastical statistics. See Churches. Education, statistics of, 26, 38, 47, 62,
74, 91, 99, 176, 247, 290, 300, 311, 325, 338, 351, 368, 395, 413, 440, 466, 475, 494, 513, 532, 545, 561, 594, 606, 622, 633, 667, 715, 757, 801, 842, 864, 871, 875, 899 Educational Society of Glasgow, 914 Eldrig hill, 878
Elsrickle, village of, 862
Covington and Thankerton, united pa- Episcopacy, reception of, in Glasgow,
rishes of, 872
Covington, village of, 875
Craignethan castle, ruins of, 33
Craneloch, the, 66
Crawfordjohn, parish of, 497
Crawfurd, castle of, 331-parish of, 327 -village of, 337
Crime, statistics of, 214, 292 Cromwell visits Glasgow, 116 Cullen, Dr, 628-birth-place of, 267 Culter, parish of, 340
Customs, ancient, preserved in Ruther- glen, 383
Dairy husbandry, 87, 409, 435, 486, 743, 861, 897
Extensive fire at Hamilton, 266
Fairs and markets, 29, 91, 248, 293, 339,
371, 396, 415, 475, 496, 514, 596, 607, 634, 763
Fatlips castle, ruins of, 870
Fire, destructive, in Glasgow in 1677, 118 at Hamilton, 266 Fleming, family of, 359 Forfar, family of, 814
Forth and Clyde Canal, the, 202
Fossil remains found in the coal forma- tions, 572
Foulis or Faulls, the celebrated printers, 133
Friendly societies, 27, 39, 47, 74, 99, 300, 312, 371, 396, 414, 466, 496, 514, 594, 760, 865, 900 Garion house, 617
Garnkirk railway, the, 205-clay, 402 Gartsherrie, collieries of, 643-church of, 665
Gas, inflammable, issuing from the rock, 402
General Assembly of 1638, proceedings of, 115
Geology and mineralogy, 6, 31, 52, 66, 77, 94, 104, 243, 256, 302, 316, 329, 342, 356, 378, 401, 420, 445, 470, 479, 499, 519, 537, 551, 566, 599, 610, 624, 642, 671, 723, 772, 811, 849, 881
Geology and mineralogy, general, of the County, 945
Glasford, parish of, 294-population of 297 Glasgow, city of, 101-banks, 220- benevolent institutions, 185-bills of mortality, 122-botanic garden, 175 -calico-printing, 149-cathedral, 208 -chemical works in or connected with, 165-church accommodation, 188-church building society, opera- tions of, 904—civic economy, 211– civil history, 105-classification of po- pulation, 125-climate, 103-com- merce, 130-consumption of spirits, 195-cotton manufactures, 140-cri- minal statistics, 214-educational sta- tistics, 178-educational society, 914 -flour mills, 206-gas lighting and companies, 163-grammar school, 177 -history, 105-of the cotton manu- facture in, 140-increase of Roman Catholics, 193, 902-introduction of printing, 131-iron works and iron trade, 158-libraries, public, 183— management of the poor, 183-manu- factures, 138-markets, 206-mecha- nic's institute, 180-newspapers pub- lished, 182-Normal seminary, 915- origin of the name, 234-poor, ma- nagement, 183-population at various periods, 129--classification of, 125— Protestant association, formed, 901— religious destitution, 907-religious state in sixteenth century, 922-riots in during 1787, 120-Roman Catho- lics, 193, 902-schools, 178—See of, instituted, 105-sessional schools, 918 -stage coaches connected with, 205 -state of society in at various pe- riods, 227-theatre and theatricals, 210-University, its establishment by Nicolas V. 171-its endowment, 171 -chartered by James VI., 172-its constitution, 172
Gorbals, Barony of the, 698 Gordon of Earlston martyred, 295 Govan, iron-works of, 696-parish of, 668-village of, 693
Grahame, Isabella,birth-place of, 26 Haddington, First Earl of, 649 Haggs Castle, ruins of, 691 Halbar, Castle of, 581
Hamilton, Anne, bequest by, 617 Hamilton, Gavin, the painter, 628 Hamilton, James, mortification by, 802 Hamilton bridge, 285-family of, 267 -palace of, 271-parish of, 249- town of, 283
Harelaw cairn, 891 Holytown, village of, 799
Hospitals, Aikman's, 291-the Dukes',
Hot-blast, as applied to iron-smelting- 159, 660-improvements of, 661 House in which Wallace was betrayed, site of, 407
Howison of Hyndford, mortification by,
Hunter, Dr John, birth-place of, 890 Hunterian Museum, the, 175 Hutchison, George, bequest by, 715 Hyndford Bridge, 24
Inglis, Arthur, shot by Claverhouse, 621 Inns and ale-houses, and their demora-
lizing effects, 29, 40, 92, 100, 300, 312, 326, 339, 371, 396, 415, 467, 496, 514, 534, 596, 634, 667, 763, 804, 844, 866, 872, 900 Ironworks, Carnbroe, 797-Chapel- ball, 796-Govan, 696-Monkland, 658-Shotts, 611, 630-Wilsontown,
Iron works, general sketch of, 947 Kilbride, East, parish of, 877-village of, 889, 898 Kittock water, 879 Kype water, 31, 302 Lammingtoune, castle of, 819-village of, 835
Lanark, New, mills and village, 3, 22 Lanark, parish of, 1-patronage of, 24 -ministers of from 1562, 25-town of, 23
Lanarkshire, agriculture of, 955—culti- vation of, 936-general appearance of, 935-geology and mineralogy of, 945-hills in, 953-lakes in, 945- manufactures of, 958-meteorology of, 953-principal families connected with, 956-tabular view of ecclesias- tical state of, 960-of extent and cul- tivation of parishes, 962 Larkhall, village of, 749 Laurie, tutor of Blackwood, 33 Leadhills, mines and village of, 333
Learmont, Major, of Newholm, 56- commands the Covenanters cavalry at Pentland, 56 Leechman, Principal, 404 Lee House, 18
Lee-penny, the, and superstition con- nected with it, 16 Leighton, Archbishop, 618
Lesmahagow Abbey, burned by Edward III. 33-parish of, 30
Libberton and Quothquhan, united pa- rishes of, 41
Libraries and literature, 27, 39, 47, 63, 91, 99, 183, 247, 290, 312, 334, 369, 496, 514, 562, 594, 623, 633, 667, 759, 802, 865, 872, 900 Lickprivick, Castle of, 891 Lindsay of Dunrode, family of, 886 Lochs, various, in Calder, 400 Lockhart, family of, 579
Long Calderwood, village of, 890 Lowther hills, the, 54, 327
Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart, taken prisoner on his way to join the Pre- tender, 33
M'Kail, Hugh, tutor at Coltness, 618 Macmillan, Rev. John, 734 Mains Castle, ruins of, 891 Maitland Club, establishment of the, 183 Manufactures-cambric, 282-cotton, 22, 140, 322, 488, 696, 747-lace, 282-muslin, 437-miscellaneous, 531, 747
Maple-tree, remarkable, at Culter, 343 March burn, the, 848 Marlage collieries, 723 Mauldslee Law, 564
Maxwell of Calderwood, family of, 886 Maxweltown, village of, 898 Medwyn river, the, 42, 60, 66, 846
Melville, Andrew, accused of attempting to destroy Glasgow Cathedral, 675- ordained the first minister of Govan, 675
Meteorology and climate, 2, 31, 41, 49,
65, 103, 242, 251, 301, 314, 328, 341, 355, 377, 417, 470, 478, 499, 536, 549, 565, 598, 638, 669, 720, 767, 809, 848, 880 Meteorology and climate, general, of the county, 953
Michael Scott, tradition regarding, 342 Milton bridge, 751
Mineralogy. See Geology and Coalfields. Moats, ancient, near Biggar, 362 Monkland Canal, 203, 664
Monkland, New, parish of, 242-popu- lation of, 244
Monkland, Old, parish of 635-collieries
of 642-furnaces in or connected
with 658, 948-ironstone of, where wrought, 646-quarries, 648 Monuments, ancient, in Douglas church, 491
Mouse river, the, 2, 549
Muir, Thomas, the political Reformer, birth-place of, 405 Muirhouse, 621
Neilson's hot blast, applied to iron- smelting, 159, 660
Normal Seminary at Glasgow, 915 Old Church of Lanark, ruins of the, 14 Olifard, the justiciary of Lothian, 55,
Orbiston, experimental social establish- ment at, 780
Orchards, the Clydesdale, 278, 457, 589, 615, 744
Organic and fossil remains, 952 Osmond stone, the, 883 Owen's experimental institution, 780 Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, the, 204 Paupers and pauperism. See Poor Pease tree, the, 10
Penances instituted by the early Refor- mers, 110
Pettinain, parish of, 535-patronage of,
Plague, ravages of the, in Glasgow, 107, 693, 706
Plantations and planting, 469, 478, 551, 630, 729, 743, 824, 895 Polmadie, hospital of, 687 Poniel water, the, 31 Poor, management of the, 28, 39, 47, 63, 74, 91, 100, 183, 248, 291, 300, 312, 326, 339, 352, 369, 391, 414, 441, 467, 475, 496, 514, 533, 546, 562, 595, 607, 622, 633, 667, 718, 761, 803, 843, 865, 872, 876, 900 Population returns, 19, 34, 43, 58, 70, Popery, progress of, in Glasgow, 193, 902 84, 95, 125, 129, 244, 275, 297, 305, 312, 331, 346, 364, 385, 406, 431, 454, 473, 485, 504, 526, 540, 555, 585, 602, 621, 629, 651, 693, 736, 789, 821, 860, 870, 875, 892 Population, character of the, 19, 44, 95, 306, 347, 454, 506, 527, 540, 586, 694, 739, 793, 822, 894 Produce. See Agriculture Protestant Association of Glasgow, its formation, 901 Powmillon water, 879 Quarries, Auchin beath, 18
Quarries, freestone, 280, 423, 530, 590, 648, 725, 796, 898
Quarries, limestone, 21, 316, 530, 569, 850, 881, 898 Quarries, slate, 333
Quaw, ruins of the Castle of, 13
Railways-the Ayr, 700-the Garn- kirk, 205, 411-the Greenock, 700 -the Kirkintilloch, 411-the Wishaw and Coltness, 467, 798 Ramsay, Allan, birth-place of, 330 Raploch, remarkable yew at, 729 Ravages of the plague in Glasgow and Gorbals, 107, 693, 706
Rebels, capture of a detachment of, in 1745, 821
Reid of Nellfield, bequest by, 595 Religious Instruction Commission, Re- port of, on Glasgow, 909 Ringsdale Castle, ruins of, 471 Rising of the Radicals in 1819, 601 Roman Catholics, increase of, in Glas- gow, 193, 902
Roman bath at Carstairs, remains of, 554 Roman campson Boadsberry hill, 331-at Castlemilk, 601-at Corbie- hall, 553—at Keirhill, 57-near La- nark, 13—at Libberton, 43-Petti- nain, 539- Whitehill, &c. 817 Roman remains-urns, tripods, coins, &c. 13, 69, 363, 407
Roman roads, 303, 451, 554, 580, 601 -wall, the, 407 Rosebank, village of, 748
Roy, General, birth-place of, 12 Rutherglen bridge, 398-castle of, 374 old church of, 391-parish of, 373— town of, 389
St Ninian's Hospital, 688-spring, 809 St Rollox, chemical works of, 163 Salmon fisheries on the Clyde, 696 Sarcophagus, ancient, found in Dalzell church, 453
Savings banks, 28, 39, 221, 312, 533, 594, 633, 717, 865, 900 Scot, James, mortification by, 876 Scott, Michael, tradition regarding, 342 Schools, parochial. See Education Schools, Sessional, in Glasgow, 918 School, Normal, 915
Shotts ironworks, 611, 630-parish of, 624-village of, 631
Singular tenure of the Lockhart fami- ly, 91
Smeton, Rev. Thomas, 677
Smith, William, shot for adherence to the Covenant, 628 Smyllum Park, 18
Socialisin, attempted establishment of, 780
Societies church building, 904-edu- cational, 914
Societies, friendly and benefit. See Friendly Sommerville, Alexander, of Dolphinton, 62
Springs, mineral, 243, 316, 329, 565, 772
Springs, petrifying, 329, 341
Stage-coaches connected with Glasgow, 205
Steam engine, history of, 138-applica- tion of to propelling vessels, 200- factories of, 140
Steam-vessel, first iron launched, 240 Steam-vessels plying on the Clyde, 201 Stewart of Allanton, family of, 619 Stewart of Coltness, family of, 617 Stewart, Sir Mathew, of Minto, 110 Stone-coffin dug up at Hamilton farm, 383 at Shotts, 320
Stonehouse, parish of, 468-village of, 474
Strathaven, town of, 308-castle of, 309 Sword of the Black Douglas 484 Symington, parish of, 867
Tabular view of ecclesiastical state of the county, 960-of the extent and cultivation of the parishes, 962 Tairth, water of, 52
Templars, establishment of the, at Cha- pelhill, 345
Thankerton Bridge, 875
Thom, Mrs, bequest of library to pa- rish of Govan, 717 Tile-draining, 897 Tile-works
at Wishaw and Coltness 611 at Springbank, 898 Tiller-burn, the, 772 Tinto hill, 93, 518
Tod-holes, ruins of the castle of, 69 Torrance, ancient parish of, 887 Tothorl castle, remains of, 484
Tripod, ancient, dug up at Borland, 854 Tumulus, ancient, at Earnock, 270 Uddingstone, village of, 796 Union Canal, the, 204
Ure's history of Rutherglen, 885 Urns, ancient, 320, 331, 472 Veitch, William, the Covenanter, 69 Waddell, Mrs, bequest of, 716
Wages, rates of, 22, 36, 44, 59, 71, 87, 97, 281, 333, 348, 388, 455, 507, 528, 541, 591, 604, 630, 698, 746, 829, 871, 875
Wallace, Sir William, 11, 12, 107-de. feats Edward I. at Biggar, 358. descendants of, 812-relics of, 16- scene of his betrayal, 407
Walston, parish of, 846-village of, 862 Wandell and Lammingtoune, united pa- rishes of, 805
White Cart, river, 879
White Inch, improvements at, 695 Whiteloch, the, 77
Wilkie's plough, manufactory of, 796
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