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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Morningside like this:
Morningside, a mining village in Cambusnethanparish, Lanarkshire, with stations on branch lines of both the Caledonian and North British railways, 3 miles by road E by N of Wishaw, and 7 by railway SSE of Holytown. It has a post and telegraph office and a public school. Pop. (1861) 780, (1871) 428, (1881) 740.Ord. Sur., sh. 23, 1865.
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Wishaw | 0 | 2 |
Dalziel | 0 | 2 |
Overtown | 0 | 2 |
Bellside | 0 | 1 |
Cleland | 0 | 2 |
Carluke | 0 | 3 |
Dalserf | 0 | 2 |
Dykehead | 0 | 2 |
Calderhead | 0 | 2 |
Newarthill | 0 | 2 |
Shotts Iron Works | 0 | 2 |
Stane | 0 | 2 |
Carfin | 0 | 2 |
Salsburgh | 0 | 2 |
Braidwood | 0 | 2 |
Shotts | 0 | 2 |
Larkhall | 0 | 2 |