East Kilbride, Lanarkshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about East Kilbride. You may be able to find further references to East Kilbride in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
East Kilbride small town and parish with railway station Bartholomew
Kilbride, East small town and parish Bartholomew
Kilbride, East a small town and a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with East Kilbride.

Place Type of entry Source
Auldhouse hamlet with public school Bartholomew
Auldhouse a hamlet, with a public school Groome
Bairdston a village Groome
Bairdston village Bartholomew
Blacklaw or Mount Cameron a small eminence Groome
Busby town Bartholomew
Calderwood Castle seat Bartholomew
Calderwood Castle a mansion Groome
Calderwood, Long hamlet Bartholomew
Calderwood, Long a hamlet Groome
Cleughearn a shooting-lodge Groome
Cleughearn seat Bartholomew
Crossbasket seat Bartholomew
Crossbasket an estate, with a mansion Groome
Crosshill hamlet Bartholomew
Hairmyres a station Groome
Hairmyres railway station Bartholomew
Jackton village Bartholomew
Kittockside village Bartholomew
Lawmuir House seat Bartholomew
Lawmuir House a modern mansion Groome
Limekilns a mansion Groome
Limekilns seat Bartholomew
Mains Castle ruined baronial castle Bartholomew
Maxwelton a village Groome
Maxwelton village Bartholomew
Mount Cameron seat Bartholomew
Nerston a village Groome
Nerston village Bartholomew
Powmillion Burnt Bartholomew

Travel writing

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Torrance 0 2
Carmunnock 0 2
Blantyre 0 3
Flemington 0 2
Busby 0 2
Bushyhill 0 2
Cambuslang 0 2
Stonefield 0 2
Eaglesham 0 2
Burnbank 0 1
Newton 0 2
Carmyle 0 2
Cathcart 0 2
Rutherglen 0 3
Clyde Iron Works 0 2
Chapelton 0 2
Bothwell 2 2
Fullarton 0 1
Uddingston 0 2
Cadzow 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for East Kilbride. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
EAST KILBRIDE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
KILBRIDE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
KILBRIDE EAST John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

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