Shotts (Scotland)
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Name (Latin)
Shotts (Scotland)
Other forms of name
Shots (Scotland)
Coordinates
-3.80393 -3.80393 55.8224 55.8224 (gooearth )
W0035100 W0035100 N0555000 N0555000 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
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Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 55°50ʹ00ʺN 003°51ʹ00ʺW)
- Its Memorial for the parish of Shots, 1765?
- Columbia Lippincott gazetteer, 1962(Shotts, town and parish, N. Lanark, Scotland)
Wikipedia description:
Shotts is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located 16 miles (25 kilometres) from Glasgow and has a population of about 8,840. A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts, though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon scēots ("steep slopes") as the real source of the name. Shotts is the home of the world famous Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band, 16-time winners of World Pipe Band Championships.
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