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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Bearsden like this:
Bearsden, a railway station near the meeting-point of Lanark, Dumbarton, and Stirling shires, on the Glasgow and Milngavie railway, 3¼ miles N of Maryhill.
Bearsden is now part of EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE Council. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bearsden itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bearsden, in East Dunbartonshire and Dunbartonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20179
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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