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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Torrance like this:
Torrance, a village in Campsie parish, Stirlingshire, on the right bank of the Kelvin, 3 miles W of Kirkintilloch. It has a post office under Glasgow, a station on the Kilsyth and Maryhill section of the North British railway, and a new public school of 1882. Pop. with Wester Balgrochan (1871) 671, (1881) 624-Ord. Sur., sh. 31, 1867.
Torrance 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 Torrance itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Torrance, in East Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22287
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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