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It is the name of Ward 47 of Glasgow City Council within which there are currently three Community Councils - Garrowhill , Broomhouse and Baillieston. It also appears in the Glasgow Baillieston Constituency of the Scottish Parliament; and it forms part of the Glasgow East constituency of the UK Parliament. All current elected representatives are members of the Scottish Labour Party. The City of Glasgow is one of the 32 Scottish unitary authorities and came into being in 1995. ... Garrowhill is an area of Glasgow, Scotland 6 km (4 miles) east of its city centre. ... Broomhouse (Lowland Scots: Bruimhoose) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Glasgow Baillieston is a constituency represented in the Scottish Parliament since 1999. ... For the national legislative body up to 1707, see Parliament of Scotland. ... Glasgow East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the Scottish Labour Party founded in 1976. ...

Geographical position

The Baillieston district has relied in the past on the agricultural and mineral resources of its land, together with its position on major east-west communication routes. Today, its location makes it a successful dormitory town, whose inhabitants for the most part find work elsewhere.

Baillieston is situated west of a major interchange between the M8 and M73 motorways and the A8 trunk road, between the town of Coatbridge, and the neighbouring Glasgow suburb of Shettleston. There is a railway station as well as the (long filled and disused) Monkland Canal north of the district. At present the district - which also encompasses Barrachnie, Garrowhill and Swinton - has a population of approximately 17,500 people. The M8 at Charing Cross in Glasgow The M8 runs under Sauchiehall Street and the Bridge to nowhere Kingston Bridge, looking eastward up the River Clyde Glasgows urban motorway, the M8 is the busiest motorway in Scotland. ... The M73 motorway is a motorway in Scotland. ... Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ... The A8 is a major road in Scotland, connecting Edinburgh to Greenock via Glasgow. ... A63(T) trunk road A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road—usually connecting one or more cities, ports, airports, etc. ... Coatbridge is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland approximately 9 miles east of Glasgow. ... Shettleston is a suburb in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. ... Baillieston railway station is located in the Baillieston area of Glasgow. ... The Monkland Canal used to run for 12 miles from Port Dundas (at the end of the Glasgow branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal) to Woodhall (near Airdrie). ... Barrachnie (Grid reference NS665640)) is deemed a part of the Glasgow suburbs of Garrowhill and Baillieston. ... Garrowhill is an area of Glasgow, Scotland 6 km (4 miles) east of its city centre. ... Swinton is the name of several places: Swinton, Berwickshire Swinton, Glasgow Swinton, Greater Manchester Swinton, South Yorkshire This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Population

In 2005, the population of Baillieston (Ward 47) was 18,088, of whom 53.1% were female. Some 35% of the district's residents were under 30 years old and 19.6% were of retirement age. In 2004, 2.1% of the working age population were unemployed (and claiming benefit) with the male unemployment was higher at 3.2%; both figures are substantially below the national average. There is an even spread of occupational levels, the largest groups (at just over 15% each) being Lower Managerial and Professional and Semi-routine Occupations. Just over 67% of the population owned their home and just over 56% owned one or more cars^{[citation needed]}. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Schools

The local schools are

• Bannerman High School,
• Caledonia Primary School
• St Francis of Assisi Primary School
• Garrowhill Primary School, Springhill Road, and
• St Bridget’s Primary School, Camp Road .

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Churches

There are a number of churches including the original ( 1833 ) but disused Baillieston Old Parish Church in Church Street and the new (1973-76) St Andrew Parish Church in Muirhead Road.There is a St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Chapel, at the bottom end of Crown St, and St Bridget’s Roman Catholic Church in Swinton Road, which was built by the Pugin company in 1891 - 1893 . There is a small Episcopal Church of St John also in Swinton Road, built in 1850. The Mure Memorial Parish Church in Garrowhill was built as part of the garden suburb opened in 1940. 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Saint Francis of Assisi (born in Assisi, Italy, ca. ... People named Pugin include: Augustus Charles Pugin (1768/9 to 1832): French born English artist and architectural draftsman Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852): son of the above, architect and advocate of the gothic style Edward Welby Pugin (1834-1875): eldest son of the above and also an architect This... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Garrowhill is an area of Glasgow, Scotland 6 km (4 miles) east of its city centre. ...

Buildings

• Calderbank House, situated on the lands formerly known as Blackyairds above a ravine on the North Calder Water, was an early 19th century house in Baronial Style which burned down in a fire in April, 2002.
• Crosshill parish church in Church Street built in 1833 and though now superseded by the new St.Andrew's church nearby is still standing and surrounded by its graveyard.
• St Catherine’s House in Swinton Road was the original Mure Memorial Miners’ Church built in 1882 and is now a home for the elderly.
• The 18th Century Rhindmuir House was demolished to make way for the M8 motorway in the 1970's.

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Other constructions

• M8 Baillieston Interchange - a spectacular gateway to Glasgow constructed in 1977.

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History

Baillieston was situated within Old Monkland Parish described in the Statistical Account of Scotland of 1791-1799, in which its minister records the huge expectations, subsequently realised, attendant upon the opening of the Monkland Canal in 1790. He reminds his readers that the eastern part of the Parish lands originally belonged to the Cistertian monks of Newbottle (sic) Abbey. However he omitted to mention that the western part of the parish - including the Baillieston district was part of the Bishopric of Glasgow until after the Reformation when the lands came under the Crown, eventually being feud out to various individuals. Statistical Accounts of Scotland are indispensable documents for the study of Scotland in the 18th and 19th Centuries. ... The Monkland Canal used to run for 12 miles from Port Dundas (at the end of the Glasgow branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal) to Woodhall (near Airdrie). ... Year 1790 (MDCCXC) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... Newbattle Abbey was a Cistercian monastic community founded in 1140 by monks from Melrose Abbey. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ...

The modern name comes from Baillieston House which was situated a half mile to the west of the later village. The name comes from a merchant called John Baillieston, of London, who purchased the lands later to become known as Baillieston in 1799. 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The origins of the village date from 1795 with the opening of the toll bar on the new Glasgow to Edinburgh turnpike and adjacent toll keeper's house. Thereafter its expansion into a large village was due to the demands of the hand-loom weaving industry and subsequently drinking dens. The incoming workers that were attracted to that work. By 1830 it was a substantial settlement and grew rapidly in conjunction with the opening up of the coal field in the surrounding farmlands.

In 1833 a chapel-of-ease was built on part of the land of Crosshill farm and this later became a Quoad Sacra parish in 1872. Immigration from all over Scotland and later Ulster proceeded apace and housing began to swallow up the local hamlets and farmsteads. By 1920 the population was 5,000. Following the First World War, government assisted housing developments spread to Swinton, the Rhinsdale estate and Muirside. Coal mining began to decline in the 1950s and has now completely disappeared, as have alternative sources of employment in Finlay's Nurseries and a McFarlane Paton's jam- and sweet-making factory. Baillieston House was destroyed by fire and demolished in 1964 - a housing estate now stands on the site. Long part of Lanarkshire , Baillieston was incorporated into Glasgow (against some local opposition) in 1975. There are many mysteries surrounding the area, Romans, Black Masons, Orangemen, they all hold secrets to the real Baillieston. 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A chapel of ease is a church building other than the main church of a parish which is more accessible to some parishoners than the main church. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km... Statistics Area: 24,481 km² Population (2006 estimate) 1,993,918 Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: ) forms one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Swinton is the name of several places: Swinton, Berwickshire Swinton, Glasgow Swinton, Greater Manchester Swinton, South Yorkshire This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Football

Baillieston Juniors was founded in 1911 and played at Station Road until the 1990s when the ground was sold off for housing. The team carried on, and, though they are not currently in business, they may still return to Junior football. Their greatest season was 1979 - 1980 , when they won the Scottish Junior Cup, the Glasgow Dryburgh Cup and the McLeod Cup. The star player, Davie Wilson was signed from the Juniors to Glasgow Rangers FC in 1956 and played for Scotland. In 1987, Alan Dinnie left the Juniors to play for Partick Thistle F.C. and was also capped for Scotland.In the same year, Tommy Elliott was transferred from Baillieston Juniors to Partick Thistle. 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA) is the organising body for the junior grade of football (soccer) in Scotland. ... For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Scottish Junior Cup, also known as the OVD Cup, is a competition organised by the Scottish Junior Football Association. ... Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Scottish Football Association (SFA) was formed in 1873 making it the second oldest national football association in the world (after The English Football Association). ... Partick Thistle Football Club is a Scottish professional football club from the city of Glasgow. ... The Scottish Football Association (SFA) was formed in 1873 making it the second oldest national football association in the world (after The English Football Association). ... Partick Thistle Football Club is a Scottish professional football club from the city of Glasgow. ...

A Baillieston Thistle team preceded the Juniors in the late 19th century and won the Scottish Junior Football League twice - in 1893 and 1894 . Its name is kept alive by the Scottish Amateur Football Association team Baillieston Thistle AFC. Another amateur team, Red Star Baillieston AFC plays at Stepford Edinburgh Road. There is a Baillieston Girls Football Club and Baillieston Ladies Football Club, both of whom have supplied players to the national teams. A Scottish association football competition that, through various incarnations, existed from the 1892 to 1947. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Scottish Amateur Football Association (SAFA) is the organising body for amateur football across Scotland. ... Poster for the 2004 film The Stepford Wives is a 1972 novel by Ira Levin, the author of Rosemarys Baby, A Kiss Before Dying, Deathtrap, and The Boys from Brazil. ...

Transport

Baillieston is served by Baillieston railway station on the Whifflet Line, offering regular servies to Glasgow Central. Baillieston is also servied by numerous bus routes. Access to the M8 motorway and to the proposed extension of the M74 motorway are nearby. Baillieston railway station is located in the Baillieston area of Glasgow. ... The Whifflet Line is one of the lines within the Strathclyde suburban rail network. ... Glasgow Central can refer to: the railway station Central Station, Glasgow a United Kingdom parliamentary constituency that was abolished in 1997 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The M8 at Charing Cross in Glasgow The M8 runs under Sauchiehall Street and the Bridge to nowhere Kingston Bridge, looking eastward up the River Clyde Glasgows urban motorway, the M8 is the busiest motorway in Scotland. ... M74 near Larkhall. ...

References

Williamson, Elizabeth, Riches, Anne, and Higgs, Malcolm The Buildings of Scotland- Glasgow Penguin (in association with the National Trust for Scotland) 1990 ISBN 0-14-071069-8.

• The Statistical Account of Scotland; Parish of Old or West Monkland, No. XXXVIII. (1791-1799)

The Rev. John Bower.

• National Archives of Scotland; sasine records RS.42.584 (John Baillie).
• The Diocesan Registers of the Barony of Glasgow, 1507-1570.

External links

• [1] Many articles on the history of Baillieston and District.

• [2] contains statistics on Ward 47.

• [3] contains extensive original research on the district's history.