Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Holytown within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Holytown, town and quoad sacra par. with ry. st.a. (Holytown Junction, 1 mile W.), Bothwell par., Lanarkshire, 11 miles SE. of Glasgow - quoad sacra par., pop. 10,449; town (inclnding New Stevenston, pop. 1048), pop. 2480; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; is situated in a productive portion of the Lanarkshire mineral field, and is a place of great mineral industry and traffic.