21-531: [REDACTED] Look up Blackwood or blackwood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blackwood may refer to: Botany [ edit ] African blackwood ( Dalbergia melanoxylon ), a timber tree of Africa African blackwood ( Erythrophleum africanum ), ( Peltophorum africanum ) also Rhodesian blackwood, trees from Africa Australian blackwood ( Senegalia modesta Syn.: Acacia modesta ),
42-909: A 1976 Canadian documentary film Blackwood (2013 film) Blackwoods (film) , a 2002 psychological thriller film Blackwood convention , a bidding agreement in contract bridge The Blackwood Brothers , a southern gospel music quartet The Ghost of Blackwood Hall , one of the Nancy Drew series Places [ edit ] United States [ edit ] Blackwood, Georgia Blackwood, New Jersey Blackwood, North Carolina Blackwood, Virginia United Kingdom [ edit ] Blackwood, Caerphilly , Wales Blackwood, Cumbernauld , North Lanarkshire, Scotland Blackwood, South Lanarkshire , Scotland Australia [ edit ] Blackwood, South Australia , suburb of Adelaide, Australia Blackwood, Victoria , Australia Other [ edit ] Blackwood (surname) ,
63-850: A 1976 Canadian documentary film Blackwood (2013 film) Blackwoods (film) , a 2002 psychological thriller film Blackwood convention , a bidding agreement in contract bridge The Blackwood Brothers , a southern gospel music quartet The Ghost of Blackwood Hall , one of the Nancy Drew series Places [ edit ] United States [ edit ] Blackwood, Georgia Blackwood, New Jersey Blackwood, North Carolina Blackwood, Virginia United Kingdom [ edit ] Blackwood, Caerphilly , Wales Blackwood, Cumbernauld , North Lanarkshire, Scotland Blackwood, South Lanarkshire , Scotland Australia [ edit ] Blackwood, South Australia , suburb of Adelaide, Australia Blackwood, Victoria , Australia Other [ edit ] Blackwood (surname) ,
84-807: A Scottish surname Blackwood (publishing house) Blackwood (whisky distillery) Blackwood National Park , in Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia Blackwood River , in Western Australia Blackwood -class frigate , named after Captain Henry Blackwood HMS Blackwood , named after Captain Henry Blackwood Lincoln Blackwood , an American luxury pickup truck manufactured by Lincoln See also [ edit ] Black wood of grapevine ,
105-478: A Scottish surname Blackwood (publishing house) Blackwood (whisky distillery) Blackwood National Park , in Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia Blackwood River , in Western Australia Blackwood -class frigate , named after Captain Henry Blackwood HMS Blackwood , named after Captain Henry Blackwood Lincoln Blackwood , an American luxury pickup truck manufactured by Lincoln See also [ edit ] Black wood of grapevine ,
126-542: A bacterial disease Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blackwood . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackwood&oldid=1163390597 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Plant common name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
147-542: A bacterial disease Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blackwood . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackwood&oldid=1163390597 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Plant common name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
168-453: A major building boom during the 20th century. In 1901 Blackwood had 167 houses and Kirmuirhill 121. By the year 2000 they had a combined total of 1480 and the villages had merged such that it is hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. More recently, a holy grail novel has been inspired by the village of Blackwood. Based on a true story which follows the descendants of the holy bloodline from France in 1066 to South Lanarkshire, where
189-520: A quiet village and a much sought-after place to stay. Blackwood is linked to (and physically runs into) the neighbouring village of Kirkmuirhill, so-much-so that there is no physical sign of where one starts and the other ends, although many argue that the line is drawn just parallel to the row of shops. Kirkmuirhill Church of Scotland (technically in neighbouring Kirkmuirhill), Hope Church Blackwood & Kirkmuirhill (Free Church of Scotland), St. John's R.C. Church and Kirkmuirhill Gospel Hall look after
210-430: A tree from Australia Acacia penninervis , a small tree or shrub of Australia Avicennia germinans , from Middle America to Northern South America, South United States, Africa Diospyros melanoxylon , from India Haematoxylum campechianum , from Central America Entertainment [ edit ] Blackwood's Magazine , a British periodical printed between 1817 and 1980 Blackwood (1976 film) ,
231-430: A tree from Australia Acacia penninervis , a small tree or shrub of Australia Avicennia germinans , from Middle America to Northern South America, South United States, Africa Diospyros melanoxylon , from India Haematoxylum campechianum , from Central America Entertainment [ edit ] Blackwood's Magazine , a British periodical printed between 1817 and 1980 Blackwood (1976 film) ,
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#1732758317795252-798: A tree from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Himalaya Australian blackwood ( Diospyros longibracteata ), from Laos Australian or Tasmanian, Paluma blackwood ( Acacia melanoxylon ), a tree of eastern Australia Bombay, Malabar, Nilghiri or (East) Indian blackwood ( Dalbergia latifolia ), a timber tree of India Burmese Blackwood ( Dalbergia cultrata , Dalbergia oliveri ), trees from South China, Southeast Asia Cape blackwood ( Diospyros whyteana ), Southern East and South Africa, ( Maytenus peduncularis ), from South Africa Chinese blackwood, East African blackwood ( Dalbergia melanoxylon ), from Africa, India Indian blackwood ( Hardwickia binata ), from India Malabar blackwood ( Dalbergia sissoides ), from India, Indonesia Acacia argyrodendron ,
273-798: A tree from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Himalaya Australian blackwood ( Diospyros longibracteata ), from Laos Australian or Tasmanian, Paluma blackwood ( Acacia melanoxylon ), a tree of eastern Australia Bombay, Malabar, Nilghiri or (East) Indian blackwood ( Dalbergia latifolia ), a timber tree of India Burmese Blackwood ( Dalbergia cultrata , Dalbergia oliveri ), trees from South China, Southeast Asia Cape blackwood ( Diospyros whyteana ), Southern East and South Africa, ( Maytenus peduncularis ), from South Africa Chinese blackwood, East African blackwood ( Dalbergia melanoxylon ), from Africa, India Indian blackwood ( Hardwickia binata ), from India Malabar blackwood ( Dalbergia sissoides ), from India, Indonesia Acacia argyrodendron ,
294-592: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Blackwood [REDACTED] Look up Blackwood or blackwood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blackwood may refer to: Botany [ edit ] African blackwood ( Dalbergia melanoxylon ), a timber tree of Africa African blackwood ( Erythrophleum africanum ), ( Peltophorum africanum ) also Rhodesian blackwood, trees from Africa Australian blackwood ( Senegalia modesta Syn.: Acacia modesta ),
315-489: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Blackwood, South Lanarkshire Blackwood is a village which borders Kirkmuirhill , near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland . It has a few small shops, a Roman Catholic church and a couple of primary schools. Blackwood sits adjacent to the M74 motorway - Scotland's main arterial route South to England - but remains
336-592: The Blackwood Estate. Blackwood was (arguably) originally the farming cousin to other local villages, where coal mining was the dominant industry. Blackwood estate provided farming work for local families. The Blackwood Estate, seat of the Weir de Veres since the thirteenth century, afterwards the Hope-Veres, was the most extensive estate in the parish of Lesmahagow and by some accounts the largest estate in
357-561: The County of Lanark. Gilbert Burns , brother of the poet had been the land steward at Blackwood before moving to Morham Mains in East Lothian. In 1810 John Begg, husband of Robert Burns youngest sister Isabella Burns , became the land steward for Mr James Hope Vere MP on his estate at Blackwood. On 24 April 1813, after nearly three years at Blackwood, John met his death when his horse reared and fell on him, crushing him to death. He
378-471: The River Clyde. Close by is Craignethan Castle , where Mary Queen of Scots stayed on her journey South to be tried and executed by Elizabeth I of England . Sited on the main route South from Glasgow to Carlisle, both Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood benefited from the traffic passing through although by far the largest employer in this largely rural area in the 18th and early 19th centuries would have been
399-482: The railways into the area in 1856 with the opening of the station at Blackwood, resulted in an expansion of mining but the deep pits in the immediate vicinity seem to have had a short lifespan and were worked out fairly rapidly. Surface mining lasted a little longer but by the mid-20th century, mining was no longer a major employment option in the region. Despite this the two villages of Blackwood and Kirkmuirhill seem to have proved pleasant places to live and both enjoyed
420-529: The spiritual needs of villagers. There are two primary schools, St. John's R.C. Primary School and Blackwood Primary School. However there is a third school, Bent Primary, on the outskirts of the villages. Blackwood sits at the top of the gentle hills on the Western/Southern side of the picturesque Clyde Valley , at the point where the River Nethan sweeps down into the steep valley to join
441-506: Was returning from his regular trip to Lesmahagow market on a horse that he had been asked to ride because it had become fractious due to lack of exercise. Isabella was left a widow with nine children with ages from three to eighteen. For a while Mr James Hope Vere paid her a small annual grant however to make ends meet she opened a dame's school in Kirkmuirhill which she ran for four years before moving to Ormiston . The arrival of
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