Dunbartonshire. Coordinates: Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn in Gaelic) or the County of Dumbarton is a lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. It was a county used as a primary unit of local government with its county town and administrative centre at the town of Dumbarton. In 1975 the administration section was transferred to the Council. Name[edit] Historically, the spelling of the county town and the county were not standardised,by the 18th century the names "County of Dunbarton" and "County of Dumbarton" were used interchangeably.[2] Different county bodies used the two spellings: the Dunbarton County Constabulary were formed in 1857 by the Commissioners of Supply for the County of Dunbarton.[3] Council[edit] In modern local government, the county is divided into two council areas of Scotland, namely : The county then was administered by three new unitary councils: Boundaries[edit] Civil Parishes[edit]
West Dunbartonshire Council. West Dunbartonshire Map. The Official Website for Tourism and Leisure in East Dunbartonshire. West dunbartonshire factsheet - west-dunbartonshire-factsheet.pdf. West dunbartonshire news and articles - Lennox Herald. Overview of Old County of Dunbartonshire. Old County of Dunbartonshire Map. Old Roads of Scotland. Arroquhar OSA - on Edina page go to Non-Subscribers: browse scanned pages The main roads are maintained by the government.
The Inverary road is in good order although the Tarbert to Tyndrum road is poor as it has been neglected at several places, particularly at Farkin and Craig-an-aren. It is too steep and could have been brought along the loch side for little extra expense. The remaining roads are paid for by the tenants and cottagers. The assessments raise more money than is necessary to maintain the roads here - as the surplus is used in other parishes, this is felt unfair. Post arrives from Inverary and Dumbarton at 8 pm everyday except Wednesday. The most common fuel is peat although farmers near Loch Long can obtain coal. NSA The nearest markets are Helensburgh and Dumbarton but both are about 20 miles away. Bonhill OSA Coal, lime and heavy goods sail someway up the Leven and are then pulled by horses for the rest of their journey. NSA No mention of roads. Dumbarton Rosneath Top.
East Dunbartonshire Council - Home. East Dunbartonshire Map. East-dunbarton-factsheet - east-dunbartonshire-factsheet.pdf. Young Scot East Dunbartonshire - Your local pages - Young Scot. Dunbartonshire genealogy. "DUMBARTONSHIRE (sic), Co., partly maritime but chiefly inland, in W. of Scotland, comprising a main body and a detached portion; area, 154,542 ac.; pop. 75,333, or 312 persons to each sq.m. The main body is in the shape of a crescent, having the convex side adjacent to the estuary of the Clyde, and measures 1.5 to 14 miles in breadth, and about 38 miles between its extreme points. The N. section (about two-thirds of the entire area), projecting between Loch Long and Loch Lomond, is wholly mountainous, and is celebrated for its picturesque and sublime scenery. Ben Vorlich and Ben Vane, in the extreme N., are 3092 and 3004 ft. high.
The lower district along the Clyde is flat, and in general under excellent cultivation. The peninsular par. of Roseneath separates Loch Long and the Gare Loch, offshoots of the Firth of Clyde. The detached section (12 miles by 4 miles) lies 4.5 miles E. of the nearest point of the main body. [Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887] Bibliography. West Dunbartonshire. The area is essentially composed of three parts: the towns of Clydebank, Dumbarton and the Vale of Leven district. West Dunbartonshire is administered from Dumbarton, although Clydebank is the largest town. Governance and politics[edit] The council is run by 22 councillors elected from 6 wards.[2] All Scottish local authorities were last elected in 2012; in West Dunbartonshire, the following parties were elected:[3] The Labour Party regained control of the council from an SNP/independent coalition at the 2012 local election.
Towns and villages[edit] Main sights[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] West Dunbartonshire at DMOZ. Dumbarton. Coordinates: Dumbarton functioned as the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Alclud, and later as the county town of the county of Dunbartonshire. Dumbarton Castle, sitting on top of Dumbarton Rock, dominates the area. Dumbarton was a Royal burgh between 1222 and 1975.[7] Dumbarton emerged from the 19th century as a centre for shipbuilding, glassmaking, and whisky production. However these industries have since declined, or demised altogether, and Dumbarton today increasingly functions as a commuter town for the major City of Glasgow which is 13 miles (21 km) east-southeast. Dumbarton F.C. is the burgh's local association football club. History[edit] Dumbarton history goes back at least as far as the Iron Age and probably much earlier.
The Old Dumbarton Bridge over the River Leven was built in 1765 by John Brown of Dumbarton, at the site of a ferry crossing. During World War II Dumbarton was heavily bombed by the German air force. Castle[edit] Dumbarton Rock from the west Levengrove Park[edit]
Helensburgh. Coordinates: Helensburgh (Baile Eilidh in Gaelic) is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde and the eastern shore of the entrance to the Gareloch. Helensburgh was formerly in Dumbarton District, but was re-allocated under local government reorganisation in 1996. Prior to 1975 it was part of the former Dunbartonshire. History[edit] Helensburgh was founded in 1776 when Sir James Colquhoun of Luss built spa baths on the site of Ardencaple Castle, which dated back to about 1600. Helensburgh born coal miner Charles Harper emigrated to New South Wales (now a state of Australia) and became the first manager of the Metropolitan Coal Company before being killed in a mine accident in 1887.
Hill House, Helensburgh. In 1903, Charles Rennie Mackintosh built the Hill House for the publishing tycoon Walter Blackie. The baronetcy of Helensburgh[edit] The town today[edit] Telephoto view of Helensburgh in winter, seen from Greenock to the south. Sports[edit]
Clydebank. Coordinates: Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, Clydebank borders Dumbarton to the west, as well as the town of Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire, and the Yoker and Drumchapel districts of the adjacent City of Glasgow. Clydebank is part of the registration County of Dumbarton, the Dunbartonshire Crown Lieutenancy area, and the wider urban area of Greater Glasgow.[3] Clydebank was founded as a police burgh on 18 November 1886. History[edit] Early origins[edit] The town encompasses part of the Antonine Wall, including, at Hardgate/Duntocher, the site of one of the forts built at regular intervals along the wall. Before 1870, the area which later became Clydebank was largely rural, and agricultural. Industrial development[edit] Gradually, as the shipyard grew, so did the cluster of buildings grow nearby. In 1882 a railway line was built running from Glasgow out to the new shipyard (the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway).
East Dunbartonshire. East Dunbartonshire (Scots: Aest Dunbartanshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the north-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as many of the city's commuter towns and villages. East Dunbartonshire also shares a border with North Lanarkshire, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. The council area covers part of the historic counties of Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire. Demographics[edit] East Dunbartonshire council area has low levels of deprivation, with relatively low unemployment and low levels of crime.
Political Composition[edit] As a result of the 2007 election, the Scottish Liberal Democrats lost control of East Dunbartonshire Council, with one of the primary grievances amongst the electorate being fortnightly waste collection, after the introduction of kerbside collections for recycling plastics, glass, metals and paper. Council Leadership[edit] Cumbernauld. Coordinates: History[edit] Cumbernauld's history stretches to Roman times, with a settlement near the Antonine Wall, the furthest and most northerly boundary of the Roman Empire.
The security that the wall gave from possibly hostile tribes to the north probably allowed the foundation of a settlement. A rural population grew in the area where Cumbernauld's housing estates now stand, with the centrepoints being the 18th century Cumbernauld House, built close to the site of the medieval Cumbernauld Castle, and Cumbernauld Village nearby. Weaving was an important part of the town's industry before the Industrial Revolution, when all the work of that kind moved to neighbouring bigger towns such as Glasgow.[7] The Scottish Gaelic name from the town, Scottish Gaelic: Comar nan Allt, comes from its being located where streams flow west into the Clyde and east into the Forth rivers, and translates into English as 'The Meeting Of The Waters'. New town[edit] Modern times[edit] Housing[edit] Sport[edit]
Kirkintilloch. Coordinates: Kirkintilloch (/ˌkɜrkɨnˈtɪləx/; Scottish Gaelic: Cathair Cheann Tulaich or Cair Ceann Tulaich)[2][3] is a town and former royal burgh in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the Forth and Clyde Canal, about eight miles northeast of central Glasgow. The town is the administrative centre of the East Dunbartonshire council area, and its population in 2009 was estimated at 19,700.[4] Toponymy[edit] Aerial view of Kirkintilloch Cowgate "Kirkintilloch" could be derived from "Caer-pen-tulach", a Celtic name (unusual for being an Old Welsh and Old Gaelic compound) translating as "Fort at the end of the hillock", or from the pure Gaelic "Cathair Ceann Tulaich".
History[edit] Following the Scottish victory in the wars of independence and the subsequent decline of Clan Cumming, the baronies of Kirkintilloch, Lenzie, and Cumbernauld were granted by Robert Bruce to Sir Malcolm Fleming, Sheriff of Dumbarton and a supporter of the Bruce faction in the war. Governance[edit] Geography[edit]
Overview of Antonine Wall, The. A Roman defensive fortification between the Forth and Clyde in Central Scotland, Antonine's Wall was built in honour of Emperor Antoninus Pius by Lollius Urbicus, the Governor of Britain, around 143 AD. It established a frontier to the north of Hadrian's Wall in England, with the intention of restraining the Pictish tribes to the north and as such represents the North-Western boundary of the Roman Empire. However, residual hostile tribes in the Southern Uplands of Scotland forced more than one retreat to the safety of Hadrian's Wall, and the Antonine Wall was probably completely abandoned by 180 AD.
The wall is 37 miles (60 km) in length, running from Bo'ness to Old Kilpatrick, but is best observed to the southwest of Falkirk. Unlike Hadrian's Wall, which is built of stone, the Antonine Wall was constructed of turf on a loose boulder foundation and most-likely topped with a wooden rampart. In front of the wall, on its north side, was a 3.6m (12-foot) deep ditch.
Antonine Wall. Overview of Dumbarton Rock. Dumbarton Castle. Loch Lomond. Loch Lomond (/ˈlɒxˈloʊmənd/; Scottish Gaelic Loch Laomainn) is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest inland stretch of water in Great Britain by surface area.[1] The loch contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh-water island in the British Isles.[2] Loch Lomond is a popular leisure destination and is featured in song. Geography[edit] Loch Lomond is a freshwater loch lying on the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Central Scotland and the Highlands. It is 39 kilometres (24 mi) long and between 1.21 kilometres (0.75 mi) and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) wide. It has an average depth of about 37 metres (121 ft), and a maximum depth of about 190 metres (620 ft). Its surface area is 71 km2 (27 sq mi), and it has a volume of 2.6 km3 (0.62 cu mi). Loch Lomond is now part of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
Islands[edit] English travel writer, H.V. Leisure activities[edit]
The Book of Lennox Castle. The book, or brochure as it is referred to in the following pages, was published in 1936 to coincide with the opening of "Lennox Castle Mental Defective's Institution" as it was then named, near Lennoxtown, Scotland. Go to index It subsequently became Lennox Castle Hospital, and closed in 2002.
The brochure, compiled by A. L. Ritchie, was published by City and Counties Publishing Co. Ltd., 86 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, C.2. This website was compiled and is owned by S J McLaughlin, online since 2005. Please click here to email me with comments or questions top of page. Overview of Gare Loch.