LAMMINGTOUNE, a village, in the parish of Wandell-and-Lammingtoune,
Upper ward of the county of
Lanark, 65 miles (S. W.) from Biggar; containing 122
inhabitants. It is situated on the eastern bank of the
Clyde, on the road from Biggar to Roberton, and near
the great Caledonian railway. The place was formerly
a market-town, a charter having been obtained from
Charles I. to hold a weekly-market here every Thursday,
and two annual fairs, one on the 15th of June, and the
other on the 22nd of October; but both the market and
the fairs have been discontinued. The Lammingtoune
burn, a tributary to the Clyde, flows on the south-west
side of the village. In the vicinity is a fine old tower,
built by a laird of Lammingtoune of the ancient family of
Baillie; it is of considerable height, and the walls are of
great thickness.