'''Motherwell''' is a former industrial town in [[North Lanarkshire]], central [[Scotland]]; its major period of growth occurred in the nineteenth century and was based on coal mining, iron and steel production, and heavy engineering. | '''Motherwell''' is a former industrial town in [[North Lanarkshire]], central [[Scotland]]; its major period of growth occurred in the nineteenth century and was based on coal mining, iron and steel production, and heavy engineering. |