Hyndford Bridge

Hyndford is the name of both a hamlet and a former Carmichael family estate in Lanarkshire, adjoining Carmichael Estate. The hamlet, on the north bank of the Clyde, 2½ miles SE of Lanark town, bears the name of Hyndford Bridge from a graceful five-arch bridge across the river. The bridge was designed by Alexander Stevens and was completed in 1773. Prior to that time the Carmichael family operated a ford at the site for which the bridge was named, as evidenced by the toll house which is still there. The estate, extending along the Clyde both above and below the hamlet, belonged to the Carmichael family from early in the 16th century, and gave them the title of Earl of Hyndford in the peerage of Scotland from 1701 until 1817.