Carluke is thought to date back to the fourteenth
century, but the origin of the name is a mystery. The Carluke area is
a high parish, with parts rising to a thousand feet.
One of the earliest references
to the area is in the fourteenth century, when a group of monks relocated
from Mauldslie forest to what is now an old churchyard in Carluke.
In 1715, a bell tower was
built as part of Forest Kirk (Forest was once a common surname
in the area), and it can still be seen in the old churchyard. A plaque
on the tower commemorates the success of a former inhabitant of Carluke,
James Ross, and his uncles - Thomas and James Gibb, who
made a gift to the town. Although James Ross left Carluke for Quebec as
a penniless teenager, he became one of the wealthiest people in Canada.
Essential reading from .
The eighth Inspector Rebus mystery. Rebus is haunted
by the deaths of two drop-outs who fall from the Forth Bridge. Why did
they pretend to kidnap the Provost's daughter and what connection have
they with the Permanent Secretary of the Scottish Office and a dead, corrupt
city councillor? [ISBN 0752804014 / Pages: 288 / Paperback]
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