Finding Aids
Click on the link below for an overview catalogue of our collections. A list of collections is followed by overview sections for each collection covering a brief history, the dates of the records, and a summary overview of the records available in each collection. Clicking on a title on the list will take you directly to the overview section.
North Lanarkshire Archives – List of Collections
Please give us a call or e-mail us if you require more detailed catalogue information, e.g. regarding some of your most popular collections which are:
- North Lanarkshire Cemetery records
- Poor law records of the following parishes – Bothwell, Cambusnethan, Dalziel, New Monkland and Shotts (limited Poor Law records exist for Kilsyth and Old Monkland)
- The records of the Cumbernauld Development Corporation (Cumbernauld New Town)
Overview of Our Collections
We hold over 300 collections dating from the 1500s to the 21st century. Please view the list above and contact us for more details and access arrangements. These roughly fall into the following groups.
Official Records include:
- Council minutes of former burghs, wards and district councils
- Historical records of the Cumbernauld Development Corporation
- Cemetery records
- Poor law records
- School records
- Building warrant plans
Private Collections include:
- Estate papers, including Hamilton of Dalzell, Drumpellier and Cumbernauld
- Business collections include William Baird & Co, at one time the largest ironworks in Scotland; Anderson Boyes & Co Ltd, producers of mining equipment; and Thomas Hudson & Co Ltd, manufacturers of boilers and structural ironworks
- Records of societies and clubs reflecting the wide range of political, cultural, social and leisure activities carried out by local people, e.g. the Airdrie Weavers’ Society
- Papers of private individuals and families
- Large photographic collections covering the entire area of North Lanarkshire
- An extensive map collection
NHS Lanarkshire Archives
In addition we hold the historical records of NHS Lanarkshire. These include:
- Alexander Hospital, Coatbridge
- Bellshill Maternity Hospital
- Calderbank House Hospital, Baillieston
- Fairhaven Maternity Home, Lanark
- Hartwood Hospital, Shotts
- Law Hospital, Carluke
- Motherwell Maternity Hospital
- Roadmeetings Hospital, Carluke
- Strathcyde (formerly County) Hospital, Motherwell
- William Smellie Hospital (Maternity Ward), Lanark
- Various management and board records
