Wrangholm Churchyard
Also known as Holytown Free Church , Wrangholm Kirk
Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Motherwell, North Lanarkshire ML1 4JQ ScotlandCoordinates: 55.81410, -3.98002 - Cemetery ID:
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New Stevenston is a small village situated between Motherwell and Bellshill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
It first formed as part of the parish of Holytown when substantial coal workings were being exploited during the 19th Century. The village prospered and so when the Church of Scotland suffered Disruption in 1843 the new Free Church was constructed in New Stevenston or Wrangholm to serve the mining community. With the decline of coal mining, and the rise of the steel and heavy engineering industries the bulk of the population were employed until the serious industrial decline of the late 20th Century, culminating in the closure of the Ravenscraig steelworks. Employment has shifted towards more diverse occupations and housing development has continued. There has been significant redevelopment since the late 1960s when the bulk of the late 19th century tenement flats were demolished. Ethnic and cultural diversity has broadened and there is now a purpose-built mosque on the site of the former apprentices' training school of the old Stewart's and Lloyd's tube works. The coal mining past is still significant; the area has suffered widespread undermining, which was a serious limit to new construction until relatively recently. The local church has cracked walls, garden depressions and tie bars as evidence for this.
Originally the schools of the village were New Stevenston Public School, originally adjacent to the Free Kirk and then located further W in Clydesdale St. in 1896. It had both primary and junior secondary departments and became New Stevenston Primary School on the introduction of comprehensive education. St Patrick's RC school retained junior secondary status for longer but also became a primary school when sufficient provision of RC high schools for the area was finally made by Strathclyde Region. The two primary schools have a new joint campus on the site of the former St Patrick's buildings on Park St, opposite to the War Memorial, in 2006. The old non-denominational building is, at present, derelict.
New Stevenston is served by Holytown railway station, offering services to Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley.
The village is also accessible by the A723 road, leading to places such as Motherwell and the M8 motorway accessing Glasgow and Edinburgh and linking to the motorway network for easy access to other parts of Scotland.
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New Stevenston is a small village situated between Motherwell and Bellshill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
It first formed as part of the parish of Holytown when substantial coal workings were being exploited during the 19th Century. The village prospered and so when the Church of Scotland suffered Disruption in 1843 the new Free Church was constructed in New Stevenston or Wrangholm to serve the mining community. With the decline of coal mining, and the rise of the steel and heavy engineering industries the bulk of the population were employed until the serious industrial decline of the late 20th Century, culminating in the closure of the Ravenscraig steelworks. Employment has shifted towards more diverse occupations and housing development has continued. There has been significant redevelopment since the late 1960s when the bulk of the late 19th century tenement flats were demolished. Ethnic and cultural diversity has broadened and there is now a purpose-built mosque on the site of the former apprentices' training school of the old Stewart's and Lloyd's tube works. The coal mining past is still significant; the area has suffered widespread undermining, which was a serious limit to new construction until relatively recently. The local church has cracked walls, garden depressions and tie bars as evidence for this.
Originally the schools of the village were New Stevenston Public School, originally adjacent to the Free Kirk and then located further W in Clydesdale St. in 1896. It had both primary and junior secondary departments and became New Stevenston Primary School on the introduction of comprehensive education. St Patrick's RC school retained junior secondary status for longer but also became a primary school when sufficient provision of RC high schools for the area was finally made by Strathclyde Region. The two primary schools have a new joint campus on the site of the former St Patrick's buildings on Park St, opposite to the War Memorial, in 2006. The old non-denominational building is, at present, derelict.
New Stevenston is served by Holytown railway station, offering services to Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley.
The village is also accessible by the A723 road, leading to places such as Motherwell and the M8 motorway accessing Glasgow and Edinburgh and linking to the motorway network for easy access to other parts of Scotland.
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- Added: 22 Nov 2013
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2521024
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