LANARK, a royal and parliamentary burgh of Scotland, capital of Lanarkshire, is situated on an eminence near the N. bank of the Clyde, 25 miles S.E. from Glasgow. The town, declining and deserted at the beginning of this century, has been revived since the introduction of hand-loom weaving among the inhabitants, the majority of whom are employed by the Glasgow cotton manufacturers. Lanark joins with Airdrie, Linlithgow, Hamilton, and Falkirk, in returning a member to Parliament. From a very early
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date it was a place of importance. Here Kenneth held a council in 978; Wallace killed Heselrig in 1297; and the Covenanters issued their proclamation in 1682. The remains of two Roman camps are distinctly traced in the neighbourhood. Pop. 5008.