Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Clarkston

Clarkston, a village in Cathcart parish, Renfrewshire, 1 mile NNW of Busby, and 5½ miles S of Glasgow. It has a station on the Glasgow, Busby, and East Kilbride railway. Pop. (1881) 763.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cathcart Parish       Renfrewshire County

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