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Airdrie's name first appeared in the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (Latin: Registrum Magni Sigilii Regum Scotorum) in 1373 as Ardre. By 1546 it had become Ardry and by 1587 it was known as Ardrie.
In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Airdrie like this: Airdrie (Gael. airde-reidh, 'smooth height'), a parliamentary and municipal burgh in New Monkland parish, NE Lanarkshire, 2 miles E by N of Coatbridge, 11 E of Glasgow, and 32 W by S of Edinburgh.
The naming of Airdrie. Airdrie was named after the town of Airdrie, Scotland. The true origin and the meaning of the word "Airdrie" is a source of great debate among the Scots. Some suggest the name comes from a Gaelic term Ard Ruith meaning a level height, high slope or high pasture land.
Located in the Monklands district of North Lanarkshire to the immediate east of Coatbridge, 11 miles (18 km) east of Glasgow, the former industrial town of Airdrie developed from a farm steading in the 17th Century through the efforts of Robert Hamilton (1650 - 1701) who helped create a market established in 1695...
The origin of Airdrie's name is not known for certain. It first appears in the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland ( Registrum Magni Sigilii Regum Scotorum) in 1373 as Ardre. By 1546 it has become Ardry and by 1587 Ardrie. It finally appears in the Register as Airdrie in 1630.
Airdrie, whose name comes from the Gaelic for high hill pasture, can be dated back to AD577. This was the year of the Battle of Arderyth or Airdrie, fought between Rhydderch Hael ("the bountiful"), King of Strathclyde and Aidan ("the perfidious"), King of Kintyre.
Feb 6, 2024 · Airdrie essentially grew over a generation from a small village which essentially comprised of one long street to a fully established town with industries in coal, iron, and cotton. Today we wanted to document the period that followed, how people settled into the town and made it their own over generations through community, industry, and a bit ...
