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| official_name                    = Wattston
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| unitary_scotland                 = [[North Lanarkshire]]
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| static_image_name                = Wattston from Standrigg Memorial Park - geograph.org.uk - 1501751.jpg
| static_image_caption             = Wattston from Stanrigg Memorial Park
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'''Wattston''' is a village on the B803, west of [[Greengairs]] in [[North Lanarkshire]], [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=OS 25 inch, 1892-1905|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.9097&lon=-3.9540&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref> Between them Wattston and Greengairs have about 1,190 residents.<ref>{{cite web|title=Estimated population of localities by broad age groups, mid-2012|url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/population-estimates/special-area/mid-2012-settlements/2012-pop-est-sett-local-main-tab3a.pdf|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref> It is around 4&nbsp;km south of [[Cumbernauld]], and 4&nbsp;km north of [[Airdrie, North Lanarkshire|Airdrie]]. Other places nearby include [[Caldercruix]], [[Longriggend]], [[Riggend]] and [[Slamannan]].
There is still [[open cast mining]] in this former mining village.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=Samuel|title=A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities|date=1851|publisher=S. Lewis and co.|location=London|page=589|url=https://archive.org/stream/topographicaldic02lewi#page/589/mode/1up/search/wattstown|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref> The village was badly affected by the [[Stanrigg Mining Accident|Stanrigg Mining Disaster]]<ref>{{cite web|title=OS 25 inch, 1892-1905|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.8885&lon=-3.9439&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>  where, in July 1918, a collapse led to the deaths of 19 local mine workers, 3 of whom were from Wattston and 6 others from nearby Greengairs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stanrigg 9th July 1918|url=http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/45.html|website=Scottish Mining Website|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref>
The 98th corps of the Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers was headquartered at Wattston.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Grierson|first1=James Moncrieff, Sir|title=Records of the Scottish volunteer force, 1859-1908|date=1909|publisher=W. Blackwood and sons|location=Edinburgh|url=https://archive.org/stream/recordsofscottis00grierich#page/238/mode/2up/search/wattstown|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of places in North Lanarkshire]]
*[[List of places in Scotland]]
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=286651 RCAHMS record of Wattston, New Monkland]
*[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/286651/details/wattston+general/ CANMORE/RCAHMS record of Wattston, General]
*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/146164 Geograph image of Stanrigg Memorial Park, Wattston]
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[[Category:Villages in North Lanarkshire]]
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