BLANTYRE (Gaelic, "the warm retreat"), parish, Lan arkshire, Scotland, south-east of Glasgow, and containing High Blantyre, Blantyre Works (or Low Blantyre), Stonefield and sev eral villages. Pop. (1931), 17,015. The whole district is rich in coal. Blantyre Works was the birthplace of David Livingstone 0813-73) and his brother Charles (1821-73), who as lads were both employed as piecers in a local cotton-mill. The village has decayed since the closing of the dye-works. Scanty remains of Blantyre Priory (i3th century), stand on the left bank of the Clyde, almost opposite the beautiful ruins of Bothwell Castle. High Blantyre and Blantyre Works are connected with Glasgow by the L.M.S. railway. Stonefield, the most populous place in the parish, entirely occupied with mining, lies between High Blantyre and Blantyre Works. Calderwood Castle on Rotten Calder Water, near High Blantyre, is picturesque.