What is Lesmahagow?
'''Lesmahagow''' ([[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]]: ''Lios MoChuda'') is a small town on the edge of [[moorland]], near [[Lanark]] in the [[central belt]] of [[Scotland]], and is also known as '''Abbey Green'''. In 2021 the population of the village was around 4310.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lesmahagow (South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information|url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/scotland/south_lanarkshire/S19002324__lesmahagow/|access-date=2023-11-20|website=citypopulation.de}}</ref> The ruins of a 12th century church are located in the village. The village is also the headquarters of the Scottish branch of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).<ref>{{Cite web|title=ISKCON SCOTLAND|url=https://iskconscotland.org}}</ref> == Famous people == *[[John Cairncross]], spy, the fifth man in the infamous '[[Cambridge Five]]'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Scottish Spy: John Cairncross and the Cambridge Spy-ring {{!}} Society of Antiquaries of Scotland|url=https://www.socantscot.org/research-project/a-scottish-spy-john-cairncross-and-the-cambridge-spy-ring/|access-date=2023-11-20|language=en|archive-date=2023-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120161046/https://www.socantscot.org/research-project/a-scottish-spy-john-cairncross-and-the-cambridge-spy-ring/|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Alexander Muir]], composer of the Canadian patriotic song 'Maple Leaf Forever'<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography – MUIR, ALEXANDER – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=6946|access-date=2023-11-20|website=www.biographi.ca}}</ref> *Jim Holton, football centre left.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jim Holton {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=113793&lid=1|access-date=2023-11-20|website=www.scottishfa.co.uk}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{coord|55|37|N|3|54|W|region:GB_type:city|display=title}} [[Category:Towns in South Lanarkshire]] {{UK-