Place:Thankerton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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NameThankerton
TypeHamlet
Coordinates55.6255°N 3.6341°W
Located inLanarkshire, Scotland     ( - 1975)
See alsoCovington, Lanarkshire, Scotlandparish in which Thankerton was located until 1975
Strathclyde, Scotlandregional administration 1975-1996
South Lanarkshire, Scotlandunitary council area since 1996
Covington, Lanarkshire, Scotlandparish in which Thankerton was located.

Thankerton was located in Covington parish and, for a time, the parish was known as Covington and Thankerton. It had a population of 329 in 1971. Since then its census population has been included in that for Strathclyde and South Lanarkshire. In the 19th century it had at least one cotton mill and later had a railway station.

For more information, see Scottish Places and Covington.

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