Bothwellhaugh Village
Strathclyde, South Lanarkshire
Bothwellhaugh forms part of the Strathclyde Country Park, next to the towns of Motherwell and Hamilton in Lanarkshire. For eight decades from 1884 until the 1960s the Hamilton Palace Colliery operated by the Bent Colliery Company produced coal. A village was developed to provide accommodation for the staff at the Hamilton Palace colliery, both the colliery and village disappeared in the 1960s.
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View from West
East Facing Plaque
West Facing Plaque
Watson No3 Motherwell
Corner of Watsonville Park and Barrie Street (off A721), Motherwell, North Lanarkshire
The Miners Of The Quarter Colliery, Quarter Church, South Lanarkshire
26 April 1895 - 13 men were killed by an explosion
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John Busby, 39, contractor, married
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Patrick Carr, 26, collier, married
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John Comrie, 25, collier, married
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Peter Connaway, 26, collier, married (brother-in-law of Dunnion brothers)
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Bernard Dunnion, 29, collier, single
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Patrick Dunnion, 35, collier, married (Bernard & Patrick Dunnion were brothers)
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John Herron, 26, collier, single
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Henry McGovern, 32, collier, married
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John McGovern, 35, collier, single (John and Henry McGovern were brothers)
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John McMillan, 32, collier, married
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Robert Mitchell, 42, collier, single
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Peter Tully, 26, collier, married
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John Nicol or Trevorrow, 44, collier, married (The mine inspectors report and newspapers list a John Nicol but no death by this name is registered)
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