New Lanark is a village on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.3 kilometres) from Lanark, in Lanarkshire, and some 25 miles (40 km) southeast of...

Hamilton. Notable landmarks nearby include New Lanark, the Corra Linn and the site of Lanark Castle. Lanark railway station and bus interchange have frequent...

Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig; Scots: Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration...

Third Lanark Athletic Club was a Scottish football club based in Glasgow. Founded in 1872 as an offshoot of the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, the club...

better person'. He gained wealth in the early 1800s from a textile mill at New Lanark, Scotland. Having trained as a draper in Stamford, Lincolnshire he worked...

collective name of three linn (Scots: waterfalls) on the River Clyde near New Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Falls of Clyde comprise the upper falls...

Every June the town of Lanark in Scotland celebrates Lanimer Week. The festivities reach a high point on the Thursday of Lanimer Week which is the gala...

mills in New Lanark, where he provided social and educational conditions far in advance of anything available anywhere else in the UK. New Lanark attracted...

Lanark is a ghost town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico about 30 miles northwest of El Paso, Texas and close to Kilbourne Hole. Lanark had a U.S. Post Office...

Lanark is the county town of Lanarkshire, Scotland. Lanark may also refer to: Lanark, Illinois, a city Lanark, New Mexico, a ghost town Lanark, Pennsylvania...

Carleton—Mississippi Mills (formerly known as Lanark—Carleton and Carleton—Lanark) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented...

attempts at offering philanthropic welfare to workers was made at the New Lanark mills in Scotland by the social reformer Robert Owen. He became manager...

opened the first British and probably globally the first infant school in New Lanark, Scotland. In conjunction with his venture for cooperative mills Owen...

2015 general election; the Lanark County and Frontenac components of the riding were redistributed to the new district of Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, while...

towns such as Lanark, Strathaven and Carluke, the urban burghs of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, and East Kilbride which was Scotland's first new town. East Kilbride...

early 20th centuries, it was known as Lanark-on-the-Gulf. Lanark-on-the-Gulf was a resort with a large hotel, the Lanark Inn, patronized principally by people...

Maritime Greenwich, UNESCO, retrieved 29 July 2009 New Lanark, UNESCO, retrieved 28 July 2009 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, UNESCO, retrieved 12 August...

"The Beano artists". The History of The Beano: The Story So Far. Dundee; New Lanark: DC Thomson; Waverly Books. pp. 64–7. ISBN 978-1-902407-73-9. Riches,...

New Harmony while he traveled east to continue promoting his model community and returned to Scotland, where he sold his interests in the New Lanark textile...

opened the first British and probably globally the first infants school in New Lanark, Scotland. In conjunction with his venture for cooperative mills, Owen...

for at least the first two years of any new Labour government. After its election victory in May 1997, the new government considered multiple options for...

in New Lanark, Scotland in 1816. It was followed by other philanthropic infant schools across the United Kingdom. Early childhood education was a new concept...

Heritage Sites in Scotland, the others being the Old Town and New Town of Edinburgh; New Lanark in South Lanarkshire; and St Kilda in the Western Isles "Before...

for his pioneering efforts in improving conditions for workers at the New Lanark mills, and is often[quantify] regarded as one of the key thinkers of the...

The Lanark Hydro Electric Scheme consists of two hydroelectric plants in the Clydesdale area of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are run-of-the-river...

Lanark County is a county located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its county seat is Perth, which was first settled in 1816 and was known as a social...

around the workplace. An early example of an industrial model village was New Lanark built by Robert Owen. Philanthropic coal owners provided decent accommodation...

Robert Owen, from Newtown in mid-Wales, and his partners purchased the New Lanark mill from Owen's father-in-law, David Dale, and proceeded to introduce...

below. They are: St. Kilda Edinburgh Old Town and New Town The Heart of Neolithic Orkney New Lanark The Antonine Wall The Forth Bridge The Flow Country...

Scotland, where he assisted David Dale in establishing cotton mills at New Lanark. A large mill of Arkwright's at Birkacre in Lancashire, was destroyed...