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Airdrie (/ ˈɛərdri /; Scots: Airdrie; Scottish Gaelic: An t-Àrd Ruigh) [ 2 ] is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on a plateau 400 ft (130 m) above sea level, 12 miles (19 km) east of Glasgow. As of 2012, it had a population of 37,130. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] Airdrie developed as a market town in the late 17th century following an Act ...
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 of hard work.
In the 12th century the monks built the original Glasgow to Edinburgh Road via Airdrie and Bathgate, to link up with their lands in Newbattle. Airdrie is first referred to by name in 1605 and in 1695 Airdrie became a market town. Mr Robert Hamilton was credited with being the founder of the modern Airdrie. He owned most of the land and was the ...
Airdrie golf club was formed in 1877 and the Airdreonans Football Club in 1878. In 1891 the town's Broomfield Park football ground saw the world's first penalty kick. For a short time in the 1890s, Airdrie was even home to a racecourse. Heavy industry continued to form the core of Airdrie's economy through most of the 1900s.
In 1695 Robert Hamilton of Airdrie obtained a private Act of Parliament allowing him to hold four fairs yearly and a weekly market in the town of Airdry. This helped develop Airdrie from a farming village into a thriving market town. Industrial weaving transformed the town. The Airdrie Weavers Society was founded in 1781 and flax was being ...
Airdrie's name is derived from the Gaelic, airde ruigh, which means 'high pasture'. It is situated between Glasgow and Edinburgh, in Lanarkshire. In the 1850s it was a post and market town and a Parliamentary Burgh in the parish of New Monkland. Its population in 1851 was 14,435, an increase of almost 8,000 on the 1831 census.
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1821. The town became an independent Burgh of Barony, by a private Act of Parliament, and had its first elected town council. 1824. The Town House, designed by Alexander Baird, was built. 1826. The Monkland and Kirkintilloch railway, the first in the district, was opened in October. 1826. Chapelhall Iron Works, near Airdrie, was opened.
