Bothwell is a local government city in South Lanarkshire ( Scotland ). Located on the north bank of the Clyde River. Adjacent to Addingston and Hamilton , located 14 km east-southeast of Glasgow city center.
| City | |
| Botwell | |
|---|---|
| Bothwell | |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Region | Scotland |
| Region | South lanarkshire |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | |
| Population | |
| Population | 6379 people ( 2001 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +44 1698 |
| Postcode | G71 |
Bothwell is a prosperous sleeping area that attracts many local celebrities, including Celtic and Rangers. Due to the steady increase in property prices, Botwell has gained a reputation as one of Glasgow's most prosperous satellite cities. A poll published in showed that , where the home of Celtic's former football coach Gordon Strakan is located, is in fifth place on Scotland's most expensive street. It is followed by the streets in the neighborhood - Mil Road and Fife Crescent.
As of 2008, Botwell had a population of 3,000. Most Botwell residents are owners of their property, and the residents' annual income is well above average. The average cost of a house in Botwell is 556,250 pounds .
In the parish church, restored at the end of the 19th century, the choir of the old Gothic church of 1398 appears. Among the attractions there is a monument to the poetess Joanna Bailey , who was born in the house of the pastor, and the ancient Castle of Botwell .
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History
The village of Botwell, with the surrounding suburbs east of the Clyde River, was the site of the development of three medium-sized Victorian coal mines. These are Bothwell Castle, Bothwell Park and . The first two were funded by William Baird, a master of iron from Coatbridge, and the last mine by Bent Coal. Each of them was served by miner families, thanks to which the new villages of Bothwell Park and Hamilton Palace appeared. Owned the Earl of Home and the Duke of Hamilton mines.
Two mining companies built two-room houses for rent to miners. Rent was automatically deducted from their salary. In Botwell, the houses were located in an existing village, but two other communities were created on the former fields and they did not have a company store. Bothwell Castle houses consisted of three-story multi-unit blocks and two-story terraces. Bothwell Park houses consisted of six one-story terraces. Hamilton Palace houses consisted of 14 two-story terraces. Mining companies also built large houses for their managerial staff [1] .
The mines developed the same seams and coal was sold here, to local enterprises and for blast furnaces. The mines reached their zenith in 1910 when there were 1226 at the Hamilton Palace, 663 at Bothwell Park and 522 workers at Bothwell Castle. Bothwell Park has been recognized as one of the UK's highest performing mines. It closed in 1930, Bothwell Castle closed in 1950 and, until 1953, was used to pump water from the Blantyre mines. Hamilton Palace closed in 1959 due to the disadvantageous cost of pumping water [2] .
Castle
The picturesque ruins of Botwell Castle are located on a cliff above the bend of the Clyde River on the outskirts of Botwell. This fortress belonged to Sir Andrew Morey, who was mortally wounded in the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297. The castle subsequently passed into the possession of the Douglas clan.
The Gothic castle consists of a large quadrangle with round towers on the south side. In the eastern part there are remains of a chapel. Nearby was also built an unpretentious mansion belonging to Archibald Douglas, 1 Earl of Forfar, and was known like New Bothwell Castle (New Bothwell Castle), but the building sank due to soil movements and was demolished in 1926.
Infrastructure
There are two primary schools in Botwell: the recently restored Botwell Primary School and St. Brigidda's Primary Roman Catholic School, a golf club, a bowling club, several shops and business offices on the main street of the city, as well as a handful of pubs and restaurants.
Sport
Speedwell races took place at the Botwell Castle in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The track for them was built on the site of the old railway by club members who used it as a training track. Sometimes Bothwell Bulls home team trained there with others - Newtongrange and High Beech.
Here, athletes such as Tommy Miller, who achieved fame with the Glasgow Tigers team in 1950, and Ken McKinlay, possibly Scotland's best racer, began their journey.
Later, training in order to improve the protective fence and other things were moved to Chapelhall.
- This article (section) contains text taken (translated) from the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica , which went into the public domain .