AIRDRIE, burgh of barony, municipal and police burgh, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Pop. It is um. E. of Glasgow by the L.N.E. railway, and connects with Glasgow by the Monkland Canal, as well as by the L.M.S. railway via Coat bridge and Whifflet. The canal (constructed 1761—go) connects with the Forth and Clyde Canal near Maryhill. Airdrie was a market town in 1695, but owes its prosperity to coal and iron beds. Other industries are iron and brass foundries, engineer ing, and cotton manufactures. The burgh was the first town in Scotland to adopt the Free Library Act. Airdrie unites with Coatbridge in sending one member to parliament. The parish of New Monkland, in which Airdrie lies, was formed (with Old Monk land) in 164o out of the barony of Monkland, land granted by Malcolm IV. to the monks of Newbattle.