Lanark

Lanark is a small town in the center of the Scotland and the principal city of the old county of Lanarkshire. Lanark has a long story, old traditions, and some parks and buildings remarkable. Lanark has lines of because and is connected by the train to Glasgow. There is little industry with Lanark. The trade serve the local agricultural community and the surrounding villages. There is a large market of auction to the periphery of the city. Certain residents go daily to Glasgow and Edinburgh to work there. The city has a serious problem of road traffic.

History

The historical municipality of Lanark was the place of the first meeting of the Scottish Parlement in 978.

Lanark was an important commercial city since the Moyen-âge. The king David I {{er}} makes a royal municipality in of it 1140, giving him certain commercial privileges relating to the Gouvernement and the Imposition. King David Ier was conscious that to encourage the trade would generate prosperity. He undertook the creation of new cities through Scotland. True centers of civilization Norman in a Celtic country mainly , they were established in order to encourage the development of the trade in their sector. These new cities were called municipalities. In France, the country house S were established with a same aim.

After a place be selected for a new city, the royal geometricians decided on a site for the market. One granted to each trader being established at the city a plot of land usually a free rent during the first years with the accesses of the market. These pieces all of ground were of the same size, although the size differs according to the municipalities. With Forres each piece measured 24,10 feet broad and 429 feet length. The provision of the pieces with Lanark can still be easily observed between the northern side of the main street of gone Lanark and North Vennel, a lane with the back of the pieces. A castle was also built at the bottom of Castlegate.

Personalities

See too

New Lanark

Simple: Lanark

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