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| Glenboig | |
|---|---|
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  Glenboig Location within North Lanarkshire | |
| Population | 2,990 (2022)[1] |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | COATBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | ML5 2 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Glenboig (Scottish Gaelic: An Gleann Bhog) is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland lying north of Coatbridge and to the south east of Kirkintilloch and is approximately ten miles (sixteen kilometres) from Glasgow City Centre.[2] According to a 2022 estimate, the population of Glenboig was 2,990.[3]
Historically the settlement formed the south eastern extremity of the ancient Gaelic province of the Lennox (Scottish Gaelic: An Leamhnachd) which lay roughly within the former county of Dunbartonshire.[4] The etymology of the name is uncertain but may mean "boggy or soft glen".[5] Some online maps refer to the area as Marnock but locals call the area Glenboig.[6]
Glenboig's main industry was fireclay and Glenboig's name was known across the world.[7]
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "OS 25 inch, 1892-1905". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Newton, Michael. From Clyde To Callander.
- ^ "How did Glenboig get it's [sic] name?". Glenboig Memories. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ Drummond, Peter, John (2014). An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin (PDF). Glasgow: Glasgow University. p. 170. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Turner, John A. (1894). Brickmaking in the land o' Scots (Brick and Clay Record, Volume 11, Issue 4 ed.). Chicago: Windsor and Kenfield Pub. Co. pp. 166–168. Retrieved 28 February 2018.