Lamington is a conservation village in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, roughly between Biggar and Lanark and sits astride the A702 trunk road.
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It is reputed to be the home of Marion Braidfute, legendary wife of William Wallace.[1]
It has also been claimed that the village gave its name to the Lamington sponge cake popular in Australia.[2]
Popular culture
editLamington features in the 1810 novel The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Wallace's Wife Marion Braidfute Was Invented? – Clan Wallace Society". 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Between Ourselves". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 2 July 1980. p. 58. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ Porter, Jane (1921). The Scottish Chiefs. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 262–271. ISBN 9780684193403.
External links
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