The Cadzow family is one of the most ancient names of Scotland and Europe. Cadzow comes from the Gaelic word…

The armorial insignia of the city of Glasgow contains the earliest reference to Cadzow that we’ve found so far.  The…

“What of the Cadzow family? Seven centuries separates them from their disastrous choice of the losing side.” By Ian Hamilton,…

Chatelherault is the palacial hunting lodge originally built by the Hamiltons in the 17th century and restored in the 20th…

Cadzow Castle sits on top of a escarpment just outside Hamilton and down a path from Chatelherault.    We visited the…

From the old Barony of Cadzow, now included in the parish of Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Found in The Surnames of Scotland: Their…