Lenzie

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Lenzie
In the foreground Lenzie, behind him Kirkintilloch
In the foreground Lenzie, behind him Kirkintilloch
Coordinates 55 ° 56 ′  N , 4 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 56 ′  N , 4 ° 9 ′  W
Lenzie (Scotland)
Lenzie
Lenzie
Residents 8415 2011 census
administration
Post town GLASGOW
ZIP code section G66
prefix 0141
Part of the country Scotland
Council area East Dunbartonshire
British Parliament East Dunbartonshire
Scottish Parliament Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Lenzie is a village in the Scottish council area of East Dunbartonshire . It is located on the northern edge of the Central Belt about eleven kilometers northeast of Glasgow and 23 kilometers west of Falkirk . In the north, Lenzie borders directly on the village of Kirkintilloch . With the villas 27 Victoria Road and Warwick Croft , two buildings of the highest Scottish monument category A can be found in Lenzie.

history

Lenzie is a relatively young town whose beginnings can be found in the 1840s. With the opening of the Kirkintilloch Junction station in the open moorland south of Kirkintilloch, the areas near the station became interesting for people commuting to Glasgow. Houses were built around the station, from which the village of Lenzie eventually grew. A royal psychiatric care facility was built in Lenzie in 1875 for £ 150,000. The Lenzie Academy started operations in the 1890s . In addition, various churches opened in Lenzie at the end of the 19th century. Even today, numerous residents commute to work in Glasgow.

While in 1871 there were still 351 people living in Lenzie, the population grew by around 1000 in the following decade. In 1971, 1,350 people lived in the village. From this point on, there was a rapid increase to 8,873 inhabitants in 2001. As part of the 2011 census, the population was determined to be 8,415.

traffic

The village is connected to the road network by the A806 . This connects Lenzie with the three kilometers south of the M80 and the A80 . The station of Lenzie was initially under the name Kirkintilloch Junction operated and in the first decades initially Campsie Junction , then Lenzie Junction and finally in 1890 to Lenzie renamed. It is still in operation today and is on the Croy Line of First ScotRail .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Lenzie. East Dunbartonshire. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  2. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Lenzie. 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. 497 .
  5. ↑ Information. In: Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.
  6. ↑ 2011 census

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