Broomgate drill hall, Lanark

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Broomgate drill hall
Lanark
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40 Broomgate (on the left) and 38 Broomgate (on the right)
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Broomgate drill hall
Location within Lanarkshire
Coordinates 55°40′21″N3°46′56″W / 55.67262°N 3.78215°W / 55.67262; -3.78215 Coordinates: 55°40′21″N3°46′56″W / 55.67262°N 3.78215°W / 55.67262; -3.78215
TypeDrill hall
Site history
Built17th century
Built for War Office
In use17th century – Present

The Broomgate drill hall is a former military installation in Lanark, Scotland.

Lanark town in Scotland

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Scotland country in Northwest Europe, part of the United Kingdom

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History

The property comprises two houses, one built in the 17th century and the other built in the 18th century which were combined together to form a workhouse in the 19th century. [1] During the first half of the 20th century the property served as the headquarters of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry. [2] [3] [lower-alpha 1] The property was subsequently converted back to residential use. [1]

Workhouse place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment

In England and Wales, a workhouse was a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment. The earliest known use of the term workhouse is from 1631, in an account by the mayor of Abingdon reporting that "wee haue erected wthn our borough a workehouse to sett poore people to worke".

Lanarkshire Yeomanry

The Lanarkshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1819, which served as a dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and provided two field artillery regiments in the Second World War, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry in 1956. Its lineage was revived by B Squadron, the Scottish Yeomanry in 1992 until that unit was disbanded in 1999.

Notes

  1. ↑ It is unclear when the regiment actually arrived at Broomgate and it may have been after the First World War. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lanark, 38-40 Broomgate". Canmore. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Barclay, Gordon J (1 September 2013). "The Built Heritage of the First World War in Scotland" (PDF). Historic Scotland & RCAHMS. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Osborne, Mike (2006). Always ready: Drill Halls of Britain's Volunteer Force. Partizan. p. 266. ISBN   978-1858185095.
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