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Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles (sixteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow city centre and 37 mi (60 km) west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell 2 mi (3 km) to the south, Hamilton 3 mi (5 km) to the southwest, Viewpark 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi (2.5 km) to the west, Holytown 2 mi (3 km) to the east and Coatbridge 3 mi (5 km) to ...
Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles (sixteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow city centre.
Bellshill. A town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7360).
Bellshill is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles southeast of Glasgow city centre and 37 mi (60 km) west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities ar... English
BELLSHILL, a village, in the parish of Bothwell, Middle ward of the county of Lanark, 1½ mile (E.) from Bothwell; containing 1013 inhabitants. It lies on the great road from Edinburgh to Glasgow, and the hill from which it is named attains an elevation of 372 feet above the sea.
original text by Dr Gilbert T. Bell. To be read in conjunction with the map of Bellshill. The history of the area starts long before Mr Bell ever owned his hill and before coal and industry put Bellshill on the map. Here we see part of the line of – or as the map has it, ‘the course of’ – the Roman Road as it makes its way from the ...
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Bellshill first appears in the Pont map of 1654 as 'Belmill', originally situated at the east end of Viewpark and was formed by a row of quarry workers houses belonging to a Mr Bell who owned the stone quarry nearby. There are some other theories, however, in regard to Bellshill's etymology.
