Lanark

Lanark, the county town of Lanarkshire, on a slope near the right bank of the Clyde (q.v.), 33 miles by rail SW. of Edinburgh, and 31 SE. of Glasgow. It has an interesting ruined church, a large Catholic chapel (1859), the county buildings (1836), a good racecourse, memories of Wallace, and some weaving and other industries. A royal burgh since the 12th century, it unites with Falkirk, &c. to return a member to parliament. Pop. (1851) 5008; (1891) 4579.—NEW LANARK, 1½ mile S. by W., is a manufacturing village, founded in 1783 by David Dale, and for twenty-eight years the scene of the social experiments of his son-in-law, Robert Owen. Pop. (1831) 1901; (1891) 672.