Nettlehole Oil Works

Former parish and county:

Parish of New Monkland, Lanarkshire

Local authority:

North Lanarkshire

Ownership:

William Smith

Monkland Oil & Coal Co. Ltd.

Opened:

Presumably built c.1866

Closed:

Presumably dismantled c.1880

Current status of site:

Woodland

Regional overview:

Oil works in North Lanarkshire

Redwood notes that Nettlehole Oil Works operated between 1866 and 1875.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1898 (6"OS), showing the Nettlehole area.

Rateable value by year

Date	Rateable Value	Owner	Occupier	Notes
1866	£50	William Smith	William Smith
1867	£33	William Smith	William Smith	Also Minerals
1868-70	£50	William Smith	William Smith
1871	£50	William Smith	William Smith	Standing
1872	£50	William Smith	William Smith	Not Working
1873	£50	William Smith	William Smith	Empty
1874-78	£50	William Smith	William Smith
1879-80	£5	William Smith	William Smith
				NO FURTHER ENTRIES

Location map

Detailed maps

General view of the area, with route of railway and remain of bings in the background. Looking south. July 2013.