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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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The monks were the first to mine coal in the area. In the 15th century, a visiting dignitary witnessed "black stones" being distributed to the poor as alms. In the 16th century these stones had become known as "black gold". [8] The monks cleared part of the forest which covered the area at the time.
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]
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
Mastiles Lane, near Malham and Kilnsey in North Yorkshire, was a Roman marching road and later an important route for the Cistercian monks leading sheep from Fountains Abbey to summer pasture on higher ground. Also known as the Old Monks' Road, [1] it is now a Dales walking track.
Hospitals in Old Aberdeen and "New" Aberdeen - 1200 to 1600. There are records for nine hospitals in Aberdeen and Old Aberdeen. [17] Just before the Scottish Reformation, Bishop Gavin Dunbar founded St Mary's Hospital (NJ 93838 08800) - also known as Bishop Dunbar's Hospital in 1531. Much earlier, a hospital for the sick and elderly, St Peters ...