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The old monks' road was via Cliftonhill (an area now in neighbouring Coatbridge), Airdrie House (now the site of Monklands Hospital), Aitchison Street, High Street, Hallcraig Street, Flowerhill Street and Colliertree Road. The first houses in Airdrie were built along this road.
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Many of the local place names are descended from those used by the monks, such as Whifflet (from 'wheat flats') and Ryefield. The local tracks established by the monks were used as part of the main road between Edinburgh and Glasgow until the early 19th century [7] The town was on the stage coach route between the two cities [9]
The monks mined coal and farmed the land until the time of the reformation when the land was taken from them and given to private landowners. In 1641, the parish of Monklands was divided between New Monkland (present day Airdrie) and Old Monkland (present day Coatbridge). [18]
The name of "Monklands" originated in the grant of lands in the area to the monks of the Cistercian Abbey of Newbattle, Midlothian in 1162. From the seventeenth century the area was formed into the two parishes of New Monkland and Old Monkland. [4] Apart from the two burghs of Airdrie and Coatbridge, the area included the following settlements:
New Monkland (present-day Airdrie, North Lanarkshire) Old Monkland (present-day Coatbridge). Monklands may now refer to: Monklands (district) that was formerly (1975–96) a local government district in the Strathclyde region of Scotland Monklands Hospital in the area; Monklands East (UK Parliament constituency), 1983 to 1997
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Calderbank is a village outside the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. [2] It lies east of the M73, on the west bank of the North Calder Water.The village lies 13 miles (21 km) east of Glasgow city centre and around 34 miles (55 km) west of Edinburgh.