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See also:STRATHAVEN (locally pronounced Strays) , a manufacturing and See also:market See also:town of See also:Lanarkshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901), 4076. It lies on the See also:Avon, 16 m. S.S.E. of See also:Glasgow by road, and is the See also:terminus of the Caledonian Railway See also:Company's See also:branch See also:line from 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. It has manufactures of See also:silk, See also:cotton and See also:hosiery and is a market for See also:cheese and See also:grain. The picturesque ruins of Avondale See also:Castle are situated on Powmilion See also:Burn, a stream that runs through Strathaven to join the Avon, a mile below the town. Remains of a See also:Roman road are traceable for several See also:miles immediately to the See also:south of the Avon. Stonehouse (pop. 2961), a See also:mining and See also:weaving town about 4 M. See also:north-See also:west, is claimed as the birthplace of the Scottish See also:martyr, See also:Patrick Hamilton (1504-1528). Six miles south-west of Strathaven, on the
See also:STRATHCLYDE 999
See also:moor of Drumclog, the See also:Covenanters defeated See also:John See also:Graham of Claverhouse, See also:Viscount See also:Dundee, on the 1st of See also:June 1679. A See also:granite See also:obelisk commemorates the See also:battle, but the religious meetings that used to take See also:place on the anniversary are no longer held.
End of Article: STRATHAVEN (locally pronounced Strays)
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