Old Photographs Of Lesmahagow Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Lesmahagow, Scottish Gaelic: Lios MoChuda, a small town on the edge of moorland, near Lanark in the central belt. The name Lesmahagow is possibly a corruption of Church of St Machutus. The saint was born in Wales and may originally have been known as Mahagw prior to emigrating to Brittany where he became known by the Latinised form of the name and also as St Malo. Lesmahagow was a site of the ancient Celtic Church of Scotland. Lesmahagow is twinned with Hemmingen in Lower Saxony, Germany, and Yvetot, in Normandy, France. Alexander Muir was born in Lesmahagow on 5 April 1830. In 1833 Muir immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the composer of The Maple Leaf Forever, which he wrote in October 1867 to celebrate the Confederation of Canada. He died on 26 June 1906. The Lesmahgow Railway, south of Glasgow in Scotland, was developed by a company known as The Lesmahagow Branches, later known as The Lesmahgow Guarantee Company. It was not an independent company in the usual sense. It was a financially independent, self contained unit within the framework of the Caledonian Railway. The shareholders and officers of both companies were mainly the same people. The line was built largely to transport the vast amount coal being produced by the many mines in the area. Royal assent was given to build the line in 1847 but construction did not commence till 1854. In 1856 the line was opened in stages. Later there was found to be a demand for passenger services which commenced in 1868