Category Archives: North Lanarkshire

Airbles Road Cemetery is located on the outskirts of Motherwell, near the River Clyde. Historically, Motherwell was the centre of steel manufacturing in Scotland. The variety of headstones in the cemetery reflects the social hierarchy of the heavy industry that once dominated the area. Among those buried there is William Carrigan, a resident of Motherwell.Continue reading “Remembering William Carrigan”

Jane Taylor passed away from influenza and related complications at the age of forty-two on January 7th, 1919, at Easter Fannyside Farm in Cumbernald. Her untimely death came just a week after her son, James, succumbed to the same illness. She is buried alongside her son and husband in Old Cumbernauld Cemetery. Jane Stewart wasContinue reading “Remembering Jane Taylor”

Many people (myself included) associate the name ‘Cumbernauld’ with one of several ‘new towns’ constructed in Scotland after the Second World War. An ambitious civil and social engineering project, the New Town of Cumbernauld was built to reduce overpopulation in nearby Glasgow, providing residents of ‘slums’ with proper housing and access to amenities. As aContinue reading “Remembering James Taylor”

Old Monklands Cemetery is situated on the outskirts of Coatbridge, on a south-facing hillside with impressive views towards nearby Bellshill, Uddingston, Rutherglen and the eastern fringe of Glasgow. The peace is disturbed only by the rush of traffic from the neighbouring M8 Motorway, Scotland’s busiest road. Helen MacKenzie, the only child of Donald and AnnieContinue reading “Remembering Helen MacKenzie”