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AVONDALE, parish, containing Strathaven town, on west border of Lanarkshire. Its length is about 14 miles, its breadth about 8 miles, its area 37,533 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 39,948. Pop., quoad civilia, 5466; quoad sacra, 3216. The area is pretty equally bisected by the Avon, and the lands comprise flat tracts on that river, rising grounds from both sides of these flats, and moorish eminences and mosses in the west. Several mansions are near Strathavon, and the ruined famous castle of Avondale is in it. There are 2 Established churches, a Free church, 3 United Presbyterian churches, and 6 schools for 855 scholars.
