Rutherglen
Gaelic:	An Ruadh Ghleann
Scots:	Rutherglen
Location
OS grid reference:	NS590615
Statistics
Population:	25,000
Administration
Council area:	South Lanarkshire
Constituent country:	Scotland
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Police force:	Strathclyde Police
Lieutenancy area:	Lanarkshire
Former county:	Lanarkshire
Post office and telephone
Post town:	Glasgow
Postal district:	G73
Dialling code:	0141
Politics
Scottish Parliament:	Janis Hughes MSP (Glasgow Rutherglen) Glasgow
UK Parliament:	Tommy McAvoy MP (Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
European Parliament:	Scotland

Rutherglen (said: Rhu-ther-glehn) comes from the Gaelic An Ruadh Ghleann - "the red valley". Rutherglen is a town located within the south-eastern suburbs of the city of Glasgow, Scotland near the town of Cambuslang. In 1975, it lost its own local council and administratively became part of the city of Glasgow. In 1996 it was reallocated to the South Lanarkshire council area. // Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... Scots is an Anglic variety spoken in Scotland, where it is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic spoken by some in the Highlands and Islands (especially the Hebrides). ... Image File history File links Glasgow_(location). ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... 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Rutherglen Town Hall

The town was famous until around 1910 for its annual horse fairs. It is the oldest Royal Burgh in Scotland, being more than 500 years older than Glasgow. It was also a centre of heavy industry, having a long coal mining tradition which died out by 1950, and also being home to the infamous White's chemical works up until the 1960s, which was responsible for the huge swathes of the area from southern Glasgow across to the town of Cambuslang being polluted with chromium waste. Rutherglen, along with most of the towns encircling the city, are now dormitory suburbs of Glasgow. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (233x628, 40 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Rutherglen ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (233x628, 40 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Rutherglen ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... Heavy industry does not have a single fixed meaning compared to light industry. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Whites is a London gentlemens club, established at 4 Chesterfield Street in 1693 by Francesco Bianco. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Cambuslang (Scottish Gaelic: Camas Long) is a suburban town on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland located within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire. ... General Name, Symbol, Number chromium, Cr, 24 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 6, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Atomic mass 51. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Clyde Football Club used to play in the area before moving to the former new town of Cumbernauld. The immediate area could be considered the cradle of Scottish football, with Hampden Park, the national stadium and home to Scotland's oldest football club Queen's Park F.C. being close by as well as Cathkin Park, the home of the defunct Third Lanark F.C. and not far to the north, Celtic Park, the home of Celtic F.C. . All of which (apart from Clyde's former ground) are located in the City of Glasgow. Clyde F.C. are a Scottish football team currently playing in the First Division of the Scottish Football League. ... A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... Cumbernauld is a new town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, created in 1956 as a population overflow for Glasgow. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see Hampden Park (disambiguation). ... A national stadium is a stadium that typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a countrys national representative sports teams. ... Queens Park Football Club is a Scottish football team, and is the oldest football club in Scotland[1], founded in 1867. ... Cathkin Park is a municipal park in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Third Lanark Football Club (Third Lanark F.C.) is a Scottish football team that existed from 1872 to 1967 and were based in Glasgow. ... Celtic Park is a football stadium in Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland. ... Celtic Football Club (pronounced seltik, in IPA) AIM: CCP is a Scottish football club, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the highest form of competition in Scotland. ...

The local newspaper is the Rutherglen Reformer.

Parliamentary burgh and constituencies

Rutherglen was a parliamentary burgh represented in the U.K. Parliament as a component of Glasgow Burghs constituency from 1708 to 1832, and as a component of Kilmarnock Burghs from 1832 to 1918. In 1918, the Rutherglen constituency was created, which became Rutherglen Glasgow in 1983. A burgh constituency is a type of parliamentary constituency in Scotland. ... The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. ... Clyde Burghs, representing the burghs along the River Clyde and the Firth of Clyde, was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. ... Kilmarnock Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. ... Rutherglen (from 1983, Glasgow Rutherglen) was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. ... Rutherglen (from 1983, Glasgow Rutherglen) was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. ...

In 1999, The Scottish Parliamentary constituency of Glasgow Rutherglen was created, with the same boundaries as the UK parliamentary constituency. The Scottish Parliaments logo in English and Gaelic. ... Glasgow Rutherglen is a constituency represented in the Scottish Parliament since 1999. ...

In 2005, Scottish constituencies for the U.K parliament were mostly replaced with new constituencies, and Rutherglen is now within the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency. The Scottish Parliament constituencies remain unaltered. Rutherglen and Hamilton West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Scottish Parliaments logo in English and Gaelic. ...

Education

Schools in the Rutherglen area:

Bankhead Primary School Bankhead Road Rutherglen G73 2BQ

Burgh Primary School 41 King Street Rutherglen G73 1JY

Burnside Primary School Glenlui Avenue Burnside Rutherglen G73 4JE

Calderwood Primary School Buchanan Drive Rutherglen

St Anthony's Primary School Lochaber Drive Rutherglen G73 5HX

St. Columbkille's Primary School Clincarthill Road Rutherglen G73 2LG

St. Mark's Primary School Kirkriggs Avenue Blairbeth Rutherglen G73 4LY

Rutherglen High School Reid Street Rutherglen G73 3DF

Stonelaw High School [1] 140 Calderwood Road Rutherglen G73 3BP

Trinity High School [2] Glenside Drive Eastfield Rutherglen G73 3LW

Information about Education Facilities in the whole South Lanarkshire area is available here.

External links

• Rutherglen Community Council
• Rutherglen Academy Historic Pictures
• Photos and information about Rutherglen