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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">Density</a></th><td class="infobox-data">953/km<sup>2</sup> (2,470/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=55.822815~-3.971238&lvl=13&sp=Point.55.822815_-3.971238_Holytown&sty=s&style=s">NS766606</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Council area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire" title="North Lanarkshire">North Lanarkshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenancy_areas_of_Scotland" title="Lieutenancy areas of Scotland">Lieutenancy area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire" title="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Motherwell,_North_Lanarkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Motherwell, North Lanarkshire">Motherwell</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ML_postcode_area" title="ML postcode area">ML1 4</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01698</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" 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Service">Scottish</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Shotts_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)">Airdrie and Shotts</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions">Scottish Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uddingston_and_Bellshill_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Uddingston and Bellshill (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Uddingston and Bellshill</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Scotland" title="List of places in Scotland">Scotland</a></dd> <dd></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Holytown&params=55.82288_N_3.97013_W_region:GB_type:city(5100)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">55°49′22″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°58′12″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.82288°N 3.97013°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.82288; -3.97013</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Holytown</b> (<a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a>: <i lang="sco">'Holy-Town' - Holytown</i>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Baile a' Chuilinn</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-railwaynames_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-railwaynames-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a village situated to the east of <a href="/wiki/Bellshill" title="Bellshill">Bellshill</a> and north of <a href="/wiki/Motherwell" title="Motherwell">Motherwell</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Lanarkshire" title="North Lanarkshire">North Lanarkshire</a>, Scotland. Most local amenities are shared with the adjacent villages of <a href="/wiki/Carfin" title="Carfin">Carfin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newarthill" title="Newarthill">Newarthill</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Stevenston" title="New Stevenston">New Stevenston</a> which have a combined population of around 20,000 across the four localities. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holytown&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area grew on the back of the nearby coal mining industries in the 18th century. The roots of the town stretch back to at least the 17th Century, where records show that a meeting house was used for prayer services for the community. One old description of the town from the 19th century from the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland by Francis H. Groome, 1885 is as follows: </p> <blockquote> <p>Holytown, a town in <a href="/wiki/Bothwell" title="Bothwell">Bothwell</a> parish, Lanarkshire, 1 mile [1.5 km] E by N of Holytown Junction on the Caledonian railway, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> miles [9 km] SSE of Coatbridge, and 11 ESE of Glasgow. Surrounded by a well-worked part of the Lanarkshire mineral-field, and partaking largely in the industry and traffic connected with the working of the same, it experienced considerable increase of prosperity from the opening of the Cleland and Midcalder railway (1866), in result partly of through traffic on that line and partly of junction-communication with Motherwell. <br /> It includes the suburb of <a href="/wiki/New_Stevenston" title="New Stevenston">New Stevenston</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> mile [800 m] SSW ; and has a post office, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, a branch of the Clydesdale Bank, 3 insurance agencies, gasworks, a quoad sacra parish church, a Free church, and has 2 public schools. The quoad sacra parish is in the presbytery of Hamilton and synod of Glasgow and Ayr ; its minister's stipend is £120. <br /> Pop. of town <br /> (1836) 755, <br /> (1861) 1135, <br /> (1871) 2197, <br /> (1881) 2480, of whom 1048 were in New Stevenston ; <br /> of q. s. parish <br /> (1871) 10,099, <br /> (1881) 10,449.—Ord. Sur., sh. 31, 1867.<br /><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>Reports of living conditions showed that the residents of the town lived in tough conditions in the 19th century. In 1913, one report describing housing in Jerviston Square said that the housing "may be taken as an example of houses that are very near the border line of the habitable standard".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mining work was a dangerous life with long hours and accidents resulting in death were not uncommon in Lanarkshire. Life was harsh, but forged the character of the working class mining community in the face of hardship, especially the politics of <a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Keir Hardie</a>, the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> in the UK. </p><p>The <b>Holytown Miners' Association</b> was a local union formed in the 1840s. In 1847 the union attempted to restrict output, to combat a 1s (5p) per day wage reduction proposed by the owners. The owners imposed a 3-month 'lockout', which ended in defeat for the union. In 1855 the union merged with the Scottish Coal and Iron-stone Miners' Protective Association. According to the Board of Trade Reports there was another Association of the same name formed in the early 1890s. With an estimated membership of 200 for both 1894 and 1895 it became a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Lanarkshire_Miners%27_County_Union" title="Lanarkshire Miners' County Union">Lanarkshire Miners' County Union</a> in 1896. </p><p>Many have drifted away since the early 1990s due to the decline in the coal industries. The bulk of people in the town are now employed in blue-collar roles, including manufacturing and retail. The establishment nearby of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=EuroTerminal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EuroTerminal (page does not exist)">EuroTerminal</a> hi-tech industrial estate in the 1990s did not bring a huge boom in jobs as expected<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. Other well-known local employers include <a href="/wiki/Honeywell" title="Honeywell">Honeywell</a>, a large electronics firm based in the Newhouse industrial estate. </p><p>Notable people from Holytown include the politician <a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Keir Hardie</a>, the Rt Rev Dr <a href="/wiki/Shaw_Paterson" title="Shaw Paterson">Shaw Paterson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Moderator_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland">Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland</a> 2024-2025), <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> nurse <a href="/wiki/Jean_Aitken_Bell" title="Jean Aitken Bell">Jean Aitken Bell</a>, who won medals for having served in Serbia and the footballers <a href="/wiki/Harry_McShane_(footballer)" title="Harry McShane (footballer)">Harry McShane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Balunas" title="Matt Balunas">Matt Balunas</a>. Holytown was also the birthplace of James Williamson, noted Scottish civil engineer involved with many of the Hydro-electric power schemes of the 1930-1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holytown&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The population of Holytown was <a href="/wiki/List_of_census_localities_in_Scotland#North_Lanarkshire" title="List of census localities in Scotland">5,483 (2001 Census)</a>; the town is approximately <a href="/wiki/List_of_census_localities_in_Scotland#North_Lanarkshire" title="List of census localities in Scotland">422 hectares (2001 Census)</a> in size. There are five or six public houses and two primary schools as well as two main places of worship. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Holytown_Main_Street_West_Side.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Holytown_Main_Street_West_Side.JPG/220px-Holytown_Main_Street_West_Side.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Holytown_Main_Street_West_Side.JPG/330px-Holytown_Main_Street_West_Side.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Holytown_Main_Street_West_Side.JPG/440px-Holytown_Main_Street_West_Side.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>The Main Street in Holytown as viewed from the far west side (from the Post Office).</figcaption></figure> <p>The main backbone of the town is Main Street, which stretches across the north of the town from east to west upon which are the numerous shops and pubs. The town has lost various services with <a href="/wiki/Clydesdale_Bank" title="Clydesdale Bank">Clydesdale Bank</a> having moved out of the town (the premises are now a dentists) whilst certain other services such as the petrol station closed around the late 1970s. There is no longer a Post Office (with the premises most recently occupied by a desserts store), the nearest such services are located in New Stevenston and Bellshill. The video shops that were in the town closed in the mid-1990s. Hairdressers and barber shops, and a vets still ply their trade in the town. </p><p>For general shopping most go to the nearest local towns, especially Bellshill. <a href="/wiki/Motherwell" title="Motherwell">Motherwell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_South_Lanarkshire" title="Hamilton, South Lanarkshire">Hamilton</a> are used for clothes and gifts shopping with their larger shopping centres, or for a big day out families head into Glasgow which is convenient to reach with the <a href="/wiki/M8_motorway_(Scotland)" title="M8 motorway (Scotland)">M8 motorway</a> and public transport. </p><p>The community centre is used for various activities all year round, for dances and larger get-togethers. As of September 2009, the future of Holytown Community Centre is under threat of closure by North Lanarkshire Council although residents intend to fight for the Centre to remain open. </p><p>A halal butchers was opened in the late 1990s to help cater for the Muslims in the districts. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Holytown_railway_station" title="Holytown railway station">Holytown railway station</a> (which is actually located in New Stevenston) has a direct link into <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> and the approximate time from Holytown to Glasgow is 20–30 minutes by car or train, and 45 minutes to <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>. The station (opened in 1869) is not conveniently located for many Holytown residents, so buses into Motherwell or to Glasgow (or even a bus to Motherwell for the train to Glasgow) is a more usual choice. </p><p>A sports centre was built in the early 1990s and named "The Keir Hardie Leisure Centre" in honour of local hero <a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">James Keir Hardie</a>. The Centre's gym (two rooms) and indoor 5-a-side football pitch are regularly used. </p><p>In 1976, the Michael Sherry Senior Citizen Centre was built for use by the senior citizens in the immediate area. It has been in continual use since, and is primarily used by the senior citizens but also by the community a like. Activities taking place include, lunch clubs, dance classes, craft classes, bowling clubs, bingo nights, church activities, community councils and MSP surgeries. </p><p>In the 2010s, a large new housing development, <i>Torrance Park</i> (featuring an adjacent 18-hole golf course of the same name, designed by <a href="/wiki/Dave_Thomas_(golfer)" title="Dave Thomas (golfer)">Dave Thomas</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was established to the south-east of the village, off the main road to <a href="/wiki/Newarthill" title="Newarthill">Newarthill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although referred to as Holytown in documentation, the development shares the <i>ML1 5</i> postcode with Newarthill and is counted alongside that town in some statistics. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holytown&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town is historically <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a>/<a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a>), and the character of the town remains so. On the far east of the town on Edinburgh Road stands Holytown Parish Church, possibly the oldest building in the town which is still used on a daily basis. The original church was founded in the 17th century which helped to set the roots of the town. The current building was built and opened in 1837.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is also a thriving community of people of <a href="/wiki/Irish_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Catholic">Irish Catholic</a> descent, who have long set up a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> school with a church in the town, Christ the King Church. The church and the school are both on the main street. The church was founded 1975 on the site of the public primary school which had moved to a new building. </p><p>A small number of Muslims began to move to Lanarkshire in the late 1960s, and a few families of Pakistani origin moved to Holytown in the 1970s. For prayers, a room above one of the shops on the main street (across from the Christ the King Church) was used as a small makeshift mosque for Muslims throughout Lanarkshire during the early to mid-1980s (the mosque was the first in Lanarkshire) before it moved to <a href="/wiki/Carfin" title="Carfin">Carfin</a>. In those days, for <a href="/wiki/Eid_ul-Fitr" class="mw-redirect" title="Eid ul-Fitr">Eid</a> (Islam's holiest religious annual day), Christ the King Church on the main street used to help and provide their halls to the small Lankarkshire Muslim community for use for the day. In the mid-1980s, the initial group of people who formed the mosque (led by Ghulam Saqlain Siddiquie who was a long-time resident in Holytown) formed the Lanarkshire Muslim Welfare Society.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ghulam Saqlain Siddiquie was awarded an MBE in January 2014 for his work in creating racial harmony over more than 30 years.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the mid-1990s there has been a halal butchers to cater for the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Football">Football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holytown&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town has had its own teams representing the area, as listed below. There are still various small amateur teams playing in local regional leagues at all ages representing the community. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team name </th> <th>Formed </th> <th>Disbanded </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Ground </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Holytown_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Holytown F.C.">Holytown</a> </td> <td>1879 </td> <td>1884 </td> <td>Lost 2–0 to <a href="/wiki/Wishaw_F.C._(1879)" title="Wishaw F.C. (1879)">Wishaw</a> in the first round of the <a href="/wiki/1882%E2%80%9383_Scottish_Cup" title="1882–83 Scottish Cup">1882–83 Scottish Cup</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Townhead Park<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Holytown </td> <td>1888 </td> <td>1889 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Holytown Pilgrims </td> <td>1908 </td> <td>1911 </td> <td>previously amateurs *-1909 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Holytown Primrose </td> <td>* </td> <td>* </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Holytown Thistle </td> <td>1889 </td> <td>1906 </td> <td> </td> <td>Howden Park </td></tr> <tr> <td>Holytown United </td> <td>1936 </td> <td>1953 </td> <td>previously Juveniles *-1937 </td> <td>Thankerton Park </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>One notable footballer from Holytown was <a href="/wiki/Harry_McShane_(footballer)" title="Harry McShane (footballer)">Harry McShane</a> (1920–2012) who won the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">Football League First Division</a> in England with <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester United">Manchester United</a> in <a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_Football_League" title="1951–52 Football League">1951–52</a> and then played for various clubs in and around the north-west of England. He was the father of the British TV actor <a href="/wiki/Ian_McShane" title="Ian McShane">Ian McShane</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Alex_McSpadyen" title="Alex McSpadyen">Alex McSpadyen</a> (1914–1978) played for Holytown United, <a href="/wiki/Partick_Thistle" class="mw-redirect" title="Partick Thistle">Partick Thistle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portadown_F.C." title="Portadown F.C.">Portadown</a>, and was capped twice for <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland</a> (v Hungary 1938, v England 1939) and also won one wartime cap (v Irish XI), plus three caps for the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_League_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish League XI">Scottish League XI</a>. He was born on Main Street in Holytown, and on after playing for Portadown, he returned to the town and was appointed trainer to Holytown United until the club folded a year later.<sup id="cite_ref-Men_Who_Made_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Men_Who_Made-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Murdoch" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny Murdoch">Johnny Murdoch</a> (1901–1964) was born in Holytown. He played for <a href="/wiki/Kirkintilloch_Rob_Roy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirkintilloch Rob Roy">Kirkintilloch Rob Roy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Airdrieonians_F.C._(1878)" title="Airdrieonians F.C. (1878)">Airdrieonians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_F.C." title="Motherwell F.C.">Motherwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dundee_F.C." title="Dundee F.C.">Dundee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_Athletic" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunfermline Athletic">Dunfermline Athletic</a> and Stewarts & Lloyds. Airdrie gave him a benefit match in 1927 v Rangers. He won one Scotland cap, a 0–0 draw v Ireland in 1931. He won the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_League" title="Scottish Football League">Scottish Football League</a> with Motherwell (<a href="/wiki/1931%E2%80%9332_Scottish_Division_One" title="1931–32 Scottish Division One">1931–32</a>) and played in two <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Cup" title="Scottish Cup">Scottish Cup</a> finals, both lost to Celtic, in 1931 and 1933. He later moved to Corby and opened up a newsagents.<sup id="cite_ref-Men_Who_Made_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Men_Who_Made-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan" title="John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan">John Reid</a> was a member of parliament for the local constituency. On 28 September 2007 it was announced that he would become Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic Football Club</a>. Reid, a lifelong supporter of the club, described the appointment as the next best thing to playing for his heroes.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eddie Pearson (1863–1918), born in Holytown, played for Celtic FC in their inaugural match on 28 May 1888.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tom_Cowan" title="Tom Cowan">Tom Cowan</a> was from Holytown, and played in the Holytown Colts side that won the 1981 Under-13 Scottish Cup<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> against Celtic Boys Club. He went on to play in the senior professional game for a number of clubs as a defender including most notably <a href="/wiki/Rangers_F.C." title="Rangers F.C.">Rangers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield United">Sheffield United</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Stoke City">Stoke City</a>, but spent the bulk of his time at <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Huddersfield Town">Huddersfield Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge United">Cambridge United</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlisle United">Carlisle United</a>. He was player of the year twice at Huddersfield. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Matt_Balunas" title="Matt Balunas">Matt Balunas</a> (1918–2006), born in Holytown, played for <a href="/wiki/Third_Lanark" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Lanark">Third Lanark</a> over 200 times. He was a member of North Lanarkshire's Lithuanian immigrant community. </p><p>Nowadays, Holytown Colts are the only football team from Holytown, though they exist only at boys club and amateur levels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="War_memorial">War memorial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holytown&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: War memorial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Holytown_War_Memorial.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Holytown_War_Memorial.JPG/170px-Holytown_War_Memorial.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Holytown_War_Memorial.JPG/255px-Holytown_War_Memorial.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Holytown_War_Memorial.JPG/340px-Holytown_War_Memorial.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1728" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>The War Memorial statue for those from the small town of Holytown (<a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>) who died in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The inscription on the statue says: </p> <pre><b>"In Memory of the Men of Holytown District who fell in the Great War<br /> 1914 - 1918"</b>. </pre> <p>and on the lower plinth it says: </p> <pre><b>"Their name liveth for evermore"</b>. </pre> <p>The statue is made of granite, measures 16 by 8 by 8 feet (5 m × 2.5 m × 2.5 m), and is of a life-sized kilted soldier bearing full uniform, on a tapering plinth stepped base.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The statue was built by Scott & Rae (Sculptors) and James Paterson (Builder), and was unveiled by Alexander Whitelaw on 9 October 1921 with a dedication by Rev JD Dykes. The cost of the memorial was £1160 which was funded by public, private and corporate donations. </p><p>Currently (October 2009) building work is underway to restore the war memorial to its former glory. Plans include a new surrounding and properly landscaped memorial gardens. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holytown&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jameskeirhardie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Jameskeirhardie.jpg/170px-Jameskeirhardie.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Jameskeirhardie.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="345" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">James Keir Hardie</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> in the UK</figcaption></figure> <p>Holytown's biggest claim in its history is undoubtedly being the home of <a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">James Keir Hardie</a> (more commonly referred to as simply "Keir Hardie"), founder of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> in Britain. He was born in the hamlet of Legbrannock in 1856, which is now in the Holytown area, and his old home/cottage has been preserved for future generations ("the Keir Hardie Cottage"). In honour of the great man, a street in the town is named after him ("Keir Hardie Avenue") as is the local sports centre ("The Keir Hardie Leisure Centre"). His name is still a focal point for pride and respect for the town and its people. </p><p>Since the time of Keir Hardie the town has been a Labour Party up until SNP gained control in 2015. In the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum, North Lanarkshire, of which Holytown forms part, voted narrowly in favour of independence. </p><p>The town now lies in the <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_North_and_Bellshill_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton North and Bellshill (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Hamilton North and Bellshill</a> constituency for the House of Commons (Parliament) and <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> (previously in Motherwell and Wishaw), with <a href="/wiki/Michael_McMahon_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael McMahon (Scottish politician)">Michael McMahon</a> as the local MSP (Member for Scottish Parliament) winning the seat with a 19.2% majority in 2007. </p><p>A previous MP for the town was <a href="/wiki/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan" title="John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan">John Reid MP</a>, who went on to serve in various high level positions in government including <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of House of Commons">Leader of House of Commons</a>. </p><p>The current MP is <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gray" title="Neil Gray">Neil Gray</a>, who was first elected in 2015 for the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a>, replacing <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Nash" title="Pamela Nash">Pamela Nash</a> of <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">The Labour Party</a>. This is the first time in many generations that the town has not been represented in parliament by a Labour Party MP. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Robert_Crosser" title="Robert Crosser">Robert Crosser</a> was born in Holytown in 1874, and was a Congressman in the US government for 38 years. His family emigrated when he was still a child in 1881 to the USA, where he was educated and made his way through university, law and the US government. A <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>, he gained senior positions in government. Crosser suffered from arthritis, and used a <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair" title="Wheelchair">wheelchair</a> from 1934 onwards. 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