In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Faskine like this:
Faskine, an estate and a village in Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, on the right bank of North Calder Water, ¾ mile W of Calderbank. The estate contains coal and ironstone mines, worked from an earlier period than any others in the great Clydesdale mineral field. Pop. (1861) 514, (1871) 656, (1881) 475.
Faskine through time
Faskine is now part of North Lanarkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Lanarkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Faskine itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Faskine in North Lanarkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22101
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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