Lamington, Lanarkshire

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Lamington
Lanarkshire
Wintry view of Lamington Church - geograph.org.uk - 645579.jpg
Lamington Church
Location
Grid reference: NS980310
Location: 55°33’46"N, 3°37’6"W
Data
Postcode: ML12
Local Government
Council: South Lanarkshire

Lamington is a village in Lanarkshire, sitting roughly between Biggar and Lanark, astride the A702 trunk road. It is considered a 'conservation village'.

This village is reputed to be the home of Marion Braidfute, legendary wife of William Wallace.[1]

The disused railway station

Popular culture

Lamington features in the 1810 novel The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter.[2]

Outside links

References

  1. "Wallace’s Wife Marion Braidfute Was Invented? – Clan Wallace Society". 2 March 2022. https://clanwallace.org/cw/wallaces-wife-marion-braidfute-was-invented/. 
  2. Porter, Jane (1921). The Scottish Chiefs. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 262–271. ISBN 9780684193403.