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Coatbridge
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Coatbridge
Coatbridge
(, ) is a town in
North Lanarkshire
,
Scotland
, about east of
Glasgow
city centre
, set in the
central Lowlands
. The town, with neighbouring
Airdrie
, is part of the
Greater Glasgow
urban area. While the earliest known settlement of the area dates back to the
Stone Age
era, the founding of the town can be traced to the 12th century when a
Royal Charter
was granted to the Monks of
Newbattle Abbey
by
King Malcolm IV
. Coatbridge, along with its neighbour
Airdrie
, forms the area known as the Monklands.
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