Crawford, Lanarkshire
| Crawford | |
| Lanarkshire | |
|---|---|
 Crawford | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NS956206 |
| Location: | 55°28’8"N, 3°39’9"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Biggar |
| Postcode: | ML12 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Lanarkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale |
Crawford is a village in Lanarkshire, in the south of the county beside the young River Clyde.[1]
The village is close to the source of the River Clyde and the A74(M) motorway, 50 miles south-east of Glasgow and 53 miles north-west of Carlisle. It has a population of around 300 people and a school. The main railway line up Clydesdale skirts past the village and crosses the Clyde here.
The river is crosses at Crawford by the Crawford Viaduct bearing the railway, Camps Road Bridge, carrying the local road, a footbridge and a ford.
History
The village is close to an old Roman road and has links with Sir William Wallace (see Crawford Castle). Recent archaeological excavations have shown that this was the site of a Roman fort between 80 and 140 AD, housing perhaps 300 soldiers.
The old Post Horn Inn, which dated from the 1400s and was made larger around 1744, was the eighth stop from Edinburgh to London, having accommodated important clients as noted in a book about the property.[2] The Inn is now closed as a public house and hotel.
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References
- ↑ The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland. 1854. Vol.I. (AAN-GORDON) by Rev. John Marius Wilson, p.314-315 https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee01wils#page/314/mode/2up
- ↑ Sheila Scott, Horses For Hire, 1983, Biggar Museum Trust