BRAEHEAD, a village, in the parish of Carnwath,
Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 3^ miles (N.)
from Carnwath; containing 312 inhabitants. This village,
which is |)leasautly situated on the road to Wilsontown,
is inhabited chiefly by persons engaged in agricultural
pursuits, and partly by others employed in
weaving at their own dwellings for the Glasgow and
Paisley manufacturers. There is a place of worship for
New Light Burghers.