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AIRDRIE , a municipal and See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Lanarkshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 22,228. It is situated 11 in. E. of See also:Glasgow by the See also:North See also:British railway, and also communicates with Glasgow by the Monkland See also:Canal (which passes within 1 m. Of the See also:town), as well as by the Caledonian railway via See also:Coatbridge and Whifflet. The canal was constructed between I761 and 1790, and connects with the Forth and See also:Clyde Canal near See also:Mary-See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill. Airdrie was a See also:market town in 1695, but owes its prosperity to the See also:great See also:coal and See also:iron beds in its vicinity. Other See also:industries include iron and See also:brass foundries, See also:engineering, manufactures of woollens and calicoes,' See also:silk-See also:weaving, See also:paper-making, oil and fireclay. The public buildings comprise the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, See also:county buildings, See also:mechanics' See also:institute, See also:academy, two See also:fever hospitals and See also:free library, the burgh having been the first town in Scotland to adopt the Free Library See also:Act. Airdrie unites with See also:Falkirk, See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton, See also:Lanark and See also:Linlithgow in sending one member to See also:parliament. The See also:parish of New Monkland, in which Airdrie lies, was formed (with Old Monkland)in 1640 out of the See also:ancient See also:barony of Monkland, so named from the fact that it was See also:part of the lands granted by See also:Malcolm IV. to the monks of Newbattle.
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