Lennoxtown

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Lennoxtown
Scottish Gaelic Baile na Leamhnachd
Campsie High Church in Lennoxtown
Campsie High Church in Lennoxtown
Coordinates 55 ° 58 ′  N , 4 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 58 ′  N , 4 ° 12 ′  W
Lennoxtown (Scotland)
Lennoxtown
Lennoxtown
Residents 4094 2011 census
administration
Post town GLASGOW
ZIP code section G66
prefix 01360
Part of the country Scotland
Council area East Dunbartonshire
British Parliament Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Scottish Parliament Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Lennoxtown ( Gaelic : Baile na Leamhnachd ) is a village in the Scottish Council Area East Dunbartonshire . It is located on the northern edge of the Central Belt about 13 km northeast of Glasgow and 26 kilometers west of Falkirk at the foot of the Campsie Fells range of hills .

history

The village lies in the area of ​​the former Duchy of Lennox and was founded in the late 18th century as a planned settlement under the name Newtown of Campsie northwest of Milton of Campsie by the Lennox family. Until its dissolution in 1975, the village belonged to the administrative county of Stirlingshire . Lennoxtown developed as a textile industry location, where aluminum was smelted and nails were produced. In addition, coal and lime were mined there in the past. The population grew from 2820 in 1841 to 3917 within 30 years. In 1981 there were 4,829 people in Lennoxtown, compared with 4094 in the 2011 census.

Attractions

The ruling Lennox family built Lennox Castle northwest of Lennoxtown at the foot of the Campsie Fells in the 1840s . After a fire in 2008, this is only preserved as a ruin. Due to its architectural importance, Lennox Castle is listed in the highest Scottish monument category A. The Campsie High Church is a second category A monument in Lennoxtown. The church building from 1828 is also only preserved today as a ruin.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b Lennoxtown (Newton of Campsie). East Dunbartonshire. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ Lennoxtown. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 4: (Har - Lib). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, p. 396 .
  4. ↑ entry. In: Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.
  5. ↑ 2011 census
  6. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  7. ^ Lennox Castle. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  8. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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