Lanark

E170299

Lanark is a historic market town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, known for its medieval origins and role as a former royal burgh.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lanark canonical 21
LANARK 3
County of Lanark 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former royal burgh
historic market town
town
associatedWithPerson William Wallace
country Scotland
dialCode 01555
distanceFrom approximately 29 miles southeast of Glasgow
approximately 40 miles southwest of Edinburgh
formerStatus royal burgh
governingCouncilArea South Lanarkshire Council
hasCategory Market towns in Scotland
Royal burghs
Towns in South Lanarkshire
hasEvent Lanark Lanimer celebrations
Lanimer Day
hasFunction local administrative centre
hasHeritageStatusNearby New Lanark and Derwent Valley Mills (transnational industrial heritage context)
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (New Lanark)
hasHistoricEvent killing of Sheriff of Lanark by William Wallace (tradition)
hasHistoricOrigin medieval period
hasLandmark Lanark Racecourse (historic)
Lanark Tolbooth
St Nicholas Parish Church, Lanark
hasNearbyAttraction Falls of Clyde
New Lanark and Derwent Valley Mills (transnational industrial heritage context)
surface form: New Lanark

New Lanark and Derwent Valley Mills (transnational industrial heritage context)
surface form: New Lanark World Heritage Site
hasPopulationType small town
hasPostcodeDistrict ML11
hasPostTown Lanark self-linksurface differs
surface form: LANARK
hasPrimaryIndustryHistoric agriculture
market trading
textiles
hasRailwayStation Lanark railway station
hasSportsClub Lanark United F.C.
isCountyTownOf historic county of Lanarkshire
liesOnRiver River Clyde
lieutenancyArea Lanarkshire NERFINISHED
locatedIn central Scotland
surface form: Central Belt of Scotland

Lanarkshire NERFINISHED
South Lanarkshire
nearRiver Mouse Water
OSGridReference NS884433
parliamentaryConstituencyScottish Clydesdale
parliamentaryConstituencyUK Lanark and Hamilton East
partOf United Kingdom
status market town

Referenced by (27)

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Lanarkshire contains Lanark
Lanarkshire namedAfter Lanark
South Lanarkshire contains Lanark
Douglasdale nearbyTown Lanark
Argyle Line servesTown Lanark
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire parliamentaryConstituencyUK Lanark
this entity surface form: Lanark and Hamilton East
ML coversTown Lanark
subject surface form: ML postcode area
Earl of Lanark namedAfter Lanark
Earl of Lanark associatedTerritory Lanark
this entity surface form: County of Lanark
Lanark hasPostTown Lanark self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: LANARK
Clydesdale contains Lanark
Clydesdale hasHistoricTown Lanark
Clyde Valley hasSettlement Lanark
Carluke locatedNear Lanark
Douglas postTown Lanark
subject surface form: Douglas, South Lanarkshire
this entity surface form: LANARK
Glespin nearestLargeTown Lanark
Lesmahagow hasPostTown Lanark
this entity surface form: LANARK
Lanark, West Virginia namedAfter Lanark
this entity surface form: Lanark, Scotland
Biggar hasNearbySettlement Lanark
Colin McRae placeOfBirth Lanark