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Uddingston is home to Tunnock's confectionery factory, famed for its caramel wafers and tea cakes. The factory (which also operates a small tea room on the Main Street) contributes much to the village's economy, as does the industrial estate and retail park located on Bellshill Road; this is named Bothwell Park but is located within Uddingston. [5]
Hutchins was born in New Jersey. [1] " When only sixteen years of age he went to the western country, and obtained an appointment as an ensign in the British Army." [2] "He joined the militia during the French and Indian War [1] and later took a regular commission with British forces. "...he fought in the French and Indian War (1754–1763).
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The history of cartography of the United States begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the original Thirteen Colonies on July 4, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). Later, Samuel Augustus Mitchell published a map of the United States in 1850.
Evans's General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America, published in 1755, was made in collaboration with Thomas Pownall, to whom Evans dedicated it. Lewis Evans (c. 1700 – 12 June 1756) [1] was a Welsh surveyor and geographer. He had a brother John. In the mid-1730s he emigrated to British America, where he was based in Philadelphia ...
Black was born on 14 June 1924 in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, the fourth of five sons of a Baptist family which traced its origins to Balquhidder, Perthshire. [6] His father was a mining engineer. [6] He was brought up in Fife, educated at Beath High School, Cowdenbeath, and, at the age of 15, won a scholarship to the University of St Andrews. [6]
The first Uddingston station, on the east side of the Glasgow Road bridge, [2] was opened by the Clydesdale Junction Railway on 1 June 1849. [1] In 1878, it was replaced by the second one immediately west of the bridge. The station was renamed Uddingston Central (1952–1962) to avoid confusion with the nearby Uddingston (NB) renamed Uddingston ...