Bishopbriggs Scots - Bishops' Riggs
Population	23,500
OS grid reference	NS615705
Council area	East Dunbartonshire
Lieutenancy area	Dunbartonshire
Constituent country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G64
Dialling code	0141
Vehicle code	SA-SJ (Glasgow)
Police	Strathclyde
Fire	Strathclyde
Ambulance	Scottish
Scottish Parliament	Strathkelvin and Bearsden
UK Parliament	East Dunbartonshire
European Parliament	Scotland
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Bishopbriggs is an affluent commuter suburb in the northern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. Though once an independent burgh, Bishopbriggs is now one of the main towns of the East Dunbartonshire Council Area. It currently has a population of approximately 23,500 people. Commuters on the New York City Subway during rush hour Rush hour at Shinjuku Station, Yamanote Line Traffic jam Commuting is the process of travelling between a place of residence and a place of work. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... A sign in Linlithgow, Scotland. ... East Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. ...

History

View over central Bishopbriggs, looking towards the Campsie Fells

Bishopbriggs was first documented in Cadder Parish records of 1655, and according to one historian only had eleven residents in the mid-1700s. Even more than a century later, after substantial growth, the village was still being referred to in the terms of its mother parish of Cadder. 'Bishopbriggs', Neil Thomson stated in 1903, 'is the fast growing capital of Cawder'. Despite fears that the village would end up being swamped by nearby Glasgow, its house-building programmes of the twentieth century, combined with its strong sense of community identity, have ensured its survival. Instead it was the fate of Cadder, a gift from King William the Lion to the Bishop of Glasgow in 1180, that fell by the wayside, with 2000 of its acres being absorbed by the City of Glasgow during the 1920s and 30s. The town has also been known as 'Bishopbridges' and was so described in published maps up to the mid-1850s. The arrival of the railway heralded a change, although the first printed tickets called the station Bishopbridges, platform signage showed Bishopbriggs and it has remained so ever since. Every inhabitant loves smoking grapefruits.Dong. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Campsie Fells are a range of hills in central Scotland, United Kingdom, stretching east to west, from south Stirlingshire to East Dunbartonshire. ... Events March 25 - Saturns largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens. ... Cadder is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. ... William I the Lion ( known in Gaelic as Uilliam Garm1 or William the Rough), (1142/1143 - December 4, 1214) reigned as King of Scots from 1165 to 1214. ... The Archbishop of Glasgow is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Glasgow. ...

By 1793, the introduction of new farming techniques had improved yields. While crops such as oats, barley, potatoes and flax flourished, Cadder's population fared less well; a decrease of around 600 from the mid-1760s was attributed to new agricultural methods which combined smaller farms or Run rigs and swept away independent tenants, known as the Lowland Clearances. By 1836 there were ‘almost no cotters’ with the largest farms employing no more than ten people, and some of those as maid servants. Land reclamation (through drainage) changed the landscape so that crops could grow, where once there was only marshland. Dairy products, dispatched to Glasgow markets, were relied upon to cover ground rents. The districts' farmers claimed their produce was the finest in Scotland. Run rig is the name for a type of arable cultivation practised in north and west Britain especially Scotland during the middle ages. ... The Lowland Clearances (Scottish Gaelic: Fuadaich nan Galltachd) in Scotland were one of the results of the British Agricultural Revolution, which changed the traditional system of agriculture which had existed in Lowland Scotland for hundreds of years. ... See also Canadian band The Cottars. ...

Development during the 19th century was slow compared to the industrial expansion of other nearby areas, such as Springburn, and in 1836 Bishopbriggs population stood at 175, compared to neighbouring Auchinairn Village's 284. The missing factor was coal, but since this was transported to the village via the area's excellent communication links (the canal, road and rail links), there was little incentive to invest in discovering it. Bishopbriggs train station, opened in 1842, underlined its status as the emerging focus of the parish although expansion was slow throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century. The Carron Company (an iron and mining concern), was the district’s main employer, building the hamlets of Mavis Valley and Jellyhill to accommodate its workers, and there were also many small mining communities in the area, including quarries in nearby Cadder, Crowhill, Huntershill and Kenmure. As a result the town was a major centre for freestone quarrying during the 19th Century, supplying many major municipal building projects in Glasgow, such as Sir George Gilbert Scott's Glasgow University main building (the second largest Gothic Revival building in Britain), via the Forth and Clyde Canal until the exhaustion of the quarries around 1900. Springburn is an area in the north of Glasgow. ... The Carron Company was an ironworks established in 1759 on the banks of the River Carron near Falkirk, in Stirlingshire, Scotland. ... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... The chapel of St Johns College, Cambridge is characteristic of Scotts many church designs Sir George Gilbert Scott (July 13, 1811 – March 27, 1878) was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals. ... Master of Theology (MTh) Dentistry Nursing Affiliations Russell Group, Universitas 21 Website http://www. ... Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin The Gothic revival was a European architectural movement with origins in mid-18th century England. ... The Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal in Scotland. ...

The Forth and Clyde Canal is a popular spot for fishing and it's Towpath is now a route for cyclists and joggers

Heavy industry didn’t fare for long, however and Bishopbriggs suffered a decline in the early decades of the twentieth century. With the working out of the quarries around the turn of the century, what mines it had closed systematically thereafter, throughout the 1920s. Luckily, manufacturing industries arrived after the First World War to soften the blow, with engineering firms, a wire-rope factory, Trebor Bassett, and Blackie and Sons Publishers amongst those providing alternative employment. In 1929, new printing works for the Blackie company were erected on Kirkintilloch Road, and retaining the original name 'The Villafield Press', were built on this 13 acre site, opposite the town's Asda supermarket. During the Second World War, Blackie & Son Ltd used 33% of their Bishopbriggs works for the manufacture of 25 pound shells for the Ministry of Supply. They also undertook some toolmaking for another Glasgow company, William Beardmore & Co Ltd, and, for a short time, produced aircraft radiators. By 1960 the publishing and administration section of the company relocated to join the printing section in Kirkintilloch Road, Bishopbriggs, and in 1971, new premises were occupied in Wester Cleddens Road, eventually becoming the headquarters of the company. The printworks were now no longer required and earmarked for demolition, following a demand for residential property in the area. The Villafield name lives on in these residential streets. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A towpath on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal A towpath is a road or track that runs alongside the banks of a river, canal or other inland waterway. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Cadbury Schweppes plc (Cadbury Trebor Bassett), (NYSE: CSG) is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in London. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Ordnance QF 25 pounder (or just 25-pounder or 25-pdr) was the major British field gun/howitzer that was introduced into service just before World War II to replace the 18 pounder Gun and 4. ... The Ministry of Supply (MoS) was a department of the UK Government formed in 1939 to co-ordinate the supplying of equipment to the British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply. ... William Beardmore was a Scottish industrialist born on 16 October 1856. ...

In the 1930s Bishopbriggs emerged as an administrative centre for local government, although the final stage of its expansion was yet to come. The last major boost to the town's population came about as a result of the large-scale building programmes of the fifties and sixties which replaced Balmuildy and Woodhill farmlands with private housing estates. A campaign by the local Ratepayers Association won Bishopbriggs its late bid for burgh status in 1964, and this same organisation played a major role in keeping Bishopbriggs out of Glasgow district and within Strathkelvin, during the local government reorganisation of the mid-70s. A housing estate is a medium-to-low density residential area, usually part of a suburb of a town or city in a developed country. ... Strathkelvin (Srath Chealbhainn in Gaelic) was formerly (1975-96) the name of a local government district in the Strathclyde Region of Scotland. ...

Modern Bishopbriggs

Traditional Victorian Tenement buildings at Bishopbriggs Cross

The Town centre is known as Bishopbriggs Cross and the principal retail area of Bishopbriggs Cross is the Triangle shopping centre. This was a redeveloped area made possible by the demolition of older tenement housing stock on the eastern side of the Cross to facilitate the construction of new council offices, retail units, and a large Morrisons supermarket in the early 1990s. Tenement buildings dating from the Victorian era are still present on the western side of Bishopbriggs Cross. There is also an Asda superstore and a large Retail Park, including a B&Q Warehouse, located in the north of the town. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The town centre is usually the commercial or geographical centre of a town. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... For other uses, see Morrison. ... This article is about the supermarket chain. ... A retail park is a grouping of three or more retail warehouses with associated car parking. ... B&Q is a British retailer of DIY and home improvement tools and supplies. ...

There is also a pedestrianised area at Cross Court which includes the war memorial, erected in 1920 by the Stirling family, once major land owners in the area. The family seat was Kenmure House (now demolished) in parkland which is now Bishopbriggs Golf Course. Cadder House (1654) was also a Stirling family residence. It is now the clubhouse of Cawder Golf Club. Bishopbriggs is also notable for its superior villas, constructed during the 1850s, adjacent to the then recently completed Bishopbriggs Station on the Glasgow-to-Edinburgh Railway, its art deco 'Garden Suburb' on the former Brackenbrae and Balmuildy Estates, and also for its large scale modern housing developments. In the 1960s the town residents campaigned successfully to avoid being absorbed into the City of Glasgow boundaries, resulting in the formation of Bishopbriggs Town Council. Following local government reorganisation and the creation of Regional and District Authorities, Bishopbriggs became part of Strathclyde Region, and the Town Council gave way to Strathkelvin District Council, along with Kirkintilloch and Lenzie. With the introduction of the present unitary local government system in 1996, and the dissolution of the Regional and District setup, Bishopbriggs became part of the East Dunbartonshire Council area. This memorial in England lists the names of soldiers who died in the First World War. ... Clan Stirling crest: Gang Forward Clan Stirling is a Lowland Scottish clan. ... Bishopbriggs railway station is a railway station serving Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire. ... The Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line is a mainline railway line linking Glasgow and Edinburgh via Falkirk in Scotland. ... The City of Glasgow Council (Mòr-bhaile Ghlaschu in Gaelic) is one of the 32 Scottish unitary authorities, formerly Glasgow District Council and Glasgow Corporation in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Strathclyde (Srath Chluaidh in Gaelic) was one of the regional council areas of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. ... , Kirkintilloch is a burgh in Scotland, approximately eight miles north-east of central Glasgow. ... Lenzie is a suburb in East Dunbartonshire, approximately five miles north-east of Glasgow. ...

In the last decade or so, major housing developments in the nearby village of Robroyston, adjacent to the M80 motorway, have led to residents of that area relying on Bishopbriggs for most vital services such as churches, schools, and recreational facilities. As a consequence there have been calls in recent years for Robroyston to be formally incorporated within Bishopbriggs and transferred from the City of Glasgow to the control of East Dunbartonshire Council.[1] The Site of William Wallaces capture, in Robroyston The countryside surrounding Robroyston Robroyston (Bhaile na Raibert Ruadh in Gaelic) is a northeastern suburb of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. ... The M80 motorway is a major motorway in central Scotland. ...

Bishopbriggs' Coat of Arms as issued by the Lord Lyon King of Arms

Famous residents from the area have included the actor and writer Dirk Bogarde, the Oscar-winning director and actor Peter Capaldi, humorists Sanjeev Kohli and Hardeep Singh Kohli, musicians Paul Buchanan and Paul Joseph Moore from The Blue Nile, bassist Jack Bruce of seminal 60's supergroup Cream, Owen (Onnie) McIntyre, rhythm guitarist and vocalist with The Average White Band, and the political radical Thomas Muir of Huntershill, after whom one of the local Secondary schools is named. The area is served by seven Primary schools and three Secondary schools, which are set to be rebuilt as the result of a PPP (Public-Private Partnership) investment into education infrastructure, with support from the Scottish Executive. The Roman Catholic Secondary, Turnbull High School, is set to be rebuilt on its present site whilst the two non-denominational Secondary schools, initially set to merge to a new school on the site of the present Bishopbriggs High School near Bishopbriggs Cross, are set to merge to form a new school named Bishopbriggs Academy on the present Thomas Muir High site. Although the decision to change the location of the new school against public opinion has caused significant local controversy, this will make a large area of land adjacent to the Cross available for expansion and commercial development. There has been further controversy over the decision by NHS Greater Glasgow to downgrade facilities at the local Stobhill Hospital in nearby Springburn to an Ambulatory care facility, which will result in the nearest Accident and Emergency and inpatient facilities being located at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in the city centre, as well as the development of an inpatient Psychiatric hospital at the site. This resulted in Jean Turner's election as the Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden on this single issue in 2003, however she eventually lost her seat to Labour's David Whitton in the 2007 elections for the Scottish Parliament. The town has a municipal library, which forms a prominent local landmark, housed in the B-Listed former buildings of the Bishopbriggs School, which was converted to a library when Bishopbriggs High School opened in 1965 [[2]]. The library has been enhanced by a £400,000 refurbishment in recent years. Bishopbriggs also has a large sports centre, the 'Leisuredrome' which is one of the best equipped facilities of its kind in Scotland. Located near Bishopbriggs Cross are the former playing fields of Allan Glen's School, which continue to be used by local rugby clubs. There are also numerous football pitches and an Athletics track located on the site of a former quarry at Huntershill in the South of the town. Image File history File links 84bishopbriggs. ... Image File history File links 84bishopbriggs. ... Arms of the Office of the Lord Lyon The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that kingdom, issuing new grants of arms, and... Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde (28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999), better known by his stage name Dirk Bogarde, was an actor and author. ... 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Lowmoss Prison is located on the outskirts of the town at the site of a former World War II RAF Barrage balloon station, near to the Strathkelvin Retail Park and Lowmoss Industrial Estate. In early January 2007, it was announced that the Scottish Executive had overruled the initial objection by East Dunbartonshire Council for the prison to be extensively modernised and extended, and after completion will be three times its present size, capable of containing 700 inmates in a medium-security facility.[3] Whilst HarperCollins publishers in the Westerhill area of Bishopbriggs remains a notable local business, currently employing some 340 people, and nearby Norwich Union's national customer service centre currently employs over 1,000, Bishopbriggs still remains very much a commuter suburb of Glasgow, with around 80% of its workforce commuting to work in the city itself. Lowmoss Prison is on the outskirts of Bishopbriggs which is near to Glasgow It is for low category prisoners who have a sentence of less than 36 months to serve The prison is of wooden, single storey construction, and the accommodation comprises 11 dormitory-style units linked by internal corridors... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... “RAF” redirects here. ... US Marine Corps barrage balloon, Parris Island, May 1942 A barrage balloon is a large balloon tethered with metal cables, used to defend against bombardment by aircraft by damaging the aircraft on collision with the cables. ... HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... Norwich Union is an insurance company in the UK. It is the biggest life-insurer in the UK, and has a strong position in motor insurance. ...

The Church of Scotland has three churches and parishes in the town, Cadder, Kenmure and Springfield Cambridge. Colston Wellpark also serves the southern end of the town at the Glasgow boundary. The Free Church of Scotland worships at the church at Auchinairn Road. There are also two Roman Catholic Parishes in the town. The Church of Scotland (CofS; Scottish Gaelic: ), known informally by its pre-Union Scots name, The Kirk, is the national church of Scotland. ... Colston is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. ... This article concerns the Free Church of Scotland 1843-1900, for the Free Church of Scotland existing from 1900 to the present day see Free Church of Scotland (post 1900). ... The Archbishop of Glasgow is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Glasgow. ...

Demographics

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Etymology

The derivation of the name Bishopbriggs has caused some controversy over the years. Some prefer the explanation that it was named after 'the Bishop's Bridge', supposedly that over the Callie Burn that runs through Bishopbriggs Park, whereas others believe the middle 'b' is a corruption. This, so the argument goes, appeared because it rolls off the tongue more easily than the original name of 'Bishop's Riggs'. In this alternative 'riggs' refers to the fields which the Bishop of Glasgow raised teinds (tithes) from. In Scotland, and to some extent in North East England, burn is a name for a stream which is less than a river. ... Teinds in Scotland tithes derived from the produce of the land for the maintenance of the clergy. ... A tithe is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax or levy, usually to support a religious organization. ...

External links

• Images of Bishopbriggs
• East Dunbartonshire Council
• Bishopbriggs Cross

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