Main Street, LongriggendDerelict Church, LongriggendMoor at LongriggendLanarkshire Sheet III.SE 1896 extract, showing Longriggend and the location of the football ground
Longriggend is a village inNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland, with a population of approximately 200.
The village appeared on a map byTimothy Pont, under the name ofLangrodge. It was published in 1596 but the letters are difficult to read.[1] The toponymy is listed along with other -rigg placenames.[2] Longriggend is also shown on another map by Roy c1754.[3]Slamannan Railway joined Longriggend with Airdrie and theUnion Canal in 1840, but itsgauge prevented its connection with theEdinburgh & Glasgow Railway. Coal pits in the area used the railway extensively,[4] and by 1895 there was a station at Longriggend.[5] By 1901 its population had reached over 1500, and it had a post andtelegraph office, and an inn nearby.[6]
The village hosted a senior football club,Longriggend F.C., between 1897 and 1902. Its greatest honour was winning the Coatbridge Express Cup[8] in 1897–98, beatingAlbion Rovers in the final.[9]
Historically, there was a tuberculosissanitorium in the part of the village now known asUpperton.[10] The hospital was converted into Longriggend Remand Institution which has now been closed[11] and demolished.[12]
Blaeu's map from 1654[13] based onPont's original c.1596[14] "The East Central Lowlands (Stirling, Falkirk & Kilsyth) - Pont 32" map depicting Langrig west ofSlamannenn
Longriggend fromBlaeu's map[15] based onPont's original[16] It is near the top right of the map and Langrodge is about three squares left of theBlack Loch.
![Blaeu's map from 1654[13] based on Pont's original c.1596[14] "The East Central Lowlands (Stirling, Falkirk & Kilsyth) - Pont 32" map depicting Langrig west of Slamannenn](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aBlaeu_-_Atlas_of_Scotland_1654_-_STERLINENSIS_-_Slamannan.jpg)
![Longriggend from Blaeu's map[15] based on Pont's original[16] It is near the top right of the map and Langrodge is about three squares left of the Black Loch.](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aBlaeu_-_Atlas_of_Scotland_1654_-_GLOTTIANA_PR%25C3%2586FECTVRA_INFERIOR_-_Longriggend.png)
