Coatbrig

Coatbrig or Cotbrig (Inglis: Coatbridge, Scots Gaelic: Drochaid a' Chòta) is a toun in North Lanrikshire, Scotland, aboot ten mile eist o Glesga. The first fowk abidit in the aurie durin the Stane Eild. The-day's toun wis foondit in the twelft centurie whan a chairter wis grantit til the Monks o Newbattle Abbey bi King Malcolm IV. The industrial revolution eikit the toun, an in parteicular wi the het blast steil makin process. Coatbrig wis a weichtie steid for airn wirks an coal winnin durin the 19t yeirhunder an haes bin beskrived in Inglis as "the industrial heartland of Scotland"Coatbridge (Images of Scotland) By Helen Moir. The History Press (2001). ISBN 0-7524-2132-8 an the "Iron Burgh". 

Bi the 1920s, coal seams wis aw uist-up an the airn industrie in Coatbrig wis dwynin. Eftir the Gret Depression, Gartsherrie wis the last airn wirks in the toun. Ane buik says that in Coatbrig the-nou, "coal, iron and steel have all been consigned to the heritage scrap heap".Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland (1994) eds. J & J Keay, HarperCollins Publishers, p. 175 Coatbrig the-day is aye a wirkin-cless toun an haes a mukkil nummer o fowk o Irish strynd."Sport and the Contestation of Ethnic Identity: Football and Irishness in Scotland", in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Joseph M. Bradley (2006) p. 15

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Category:Touns in North Lanrikshire
Category:Places o Scotland