Old Photograph Mossend Scotland

Old photograph of children, cottages and houses in Mossend located to the east of its sister town Bellshill, and to the west of the large town of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Mossend first appears on an early Timothy Pont map at the end of the 16th century as Mossid and the name most likely originates from the area being at the end of Moss land. Mining is the reason why the town began to expand. The arrival of Iron and Steel working industry and the attendant railway put Mossend on the map.



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