Old Photograph Hamilton Scotland

Old photograph of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This is the fifth largest Scottish town, excluding cities, after Paisley, East Kilbride, Livingston and Cumbernauld. It is located twelve miles south east of Glasgow, and thirty five miles south west of Edinburgh on the south bank of the River Clyde at its confluence with the Avon Water. Hamilton was the county town of Lanarkshire. Hamilton Palace was the largest non royal residence in the Western world, located in the north east of the town. A former seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, it was built in 1695, subsequently much enlarged, and demolished in 1921 due to ground subsidence. It is widely acknowledged as having been one of the grandest houses in Scotland, was visited and admired by Queen Victoria, and was written about by Daniel Defoe. David Livingstone, the missionary explorer, lived in Hamilton from 1862 until his death on 1 May 1873. His house still stands on 17 Burnbank Road and has a plaque about him living there.



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