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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.
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:
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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 town lies 88 metres (288 ft) above sea level, 9 miles (14.5 km) east of Glasgow, 6 miles (10 km) south of Cumbernauld and 2 miles (3 km) west of Airdrie. Although Coatbridge has no major river running through it, the North Calder Water runs east–west to the south and the now defunct Monkland Canal used to run straight through the centre ...
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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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