Place:Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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NameLeadhills
TypeVillage
Coordinates55.4162°N 3.7629°W
Located inLanarkshire, Scotland     ( - 1975)
See alsoStrathclyde, Scotlandregional administration 1975-1996
South Lanarkshire, Scotlandunitary council area since 1996
Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotlandparish in which Leadhills was located.
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Leadhills, originally settled for the accommodation of miners, is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, WSW of Elvanfoot. The population in 1901 was 835. It was originally known as Waterhead.

It is the second highest village in Scotland, the highest being neighbouring Wanlockhead, south. It is near the source of Glengonnar Water, a tributary of the River Clyde.

Prior to 1975, Leadhills was in the parish of Crawford in the county of Lanarkshire.

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