Chryston
title: "Chryston" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-north-lanarkshire", "greater-glasgow"] topic_path: "general/villages-in-north-lanarkshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chryston" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| official_name | Chryston |
| scots_name | Chrystoun |
| gaelic_name | Baile Chrisdein |
| population | |
| population_ref | () |
| os_grid_reference | NS681701 |
| coordinates | |
| pushpin_map | Scotland North Lanarkshire#Scotland Glasgow |
| unitary_scotland | North Lanarkshire |
| lieutenancy_scotland | Lanarkshire |
| constituency_westminster | Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch |
| constituency_scottish_parliament | Coatbridge and Chryston |
| post_town | GLASGOW |
| postcode_district | G69 9 |
| postcode_area | G |
| dial_code | 01236 |
| static_image | File:Chryston Church - geograph.org.uk - 128114.jpg |
| static_image_caption | Chryston Parish Church |
| type | Village |
| :: |
| country = Scotland | official_name = Chryston | scots_name = Chrystoun | gaelic_name = Baile Chrisdein | population = | population_ref = () | os_grid_reference = NS681701 | coordinates = | pushpin_map = Scotland North Lanarkshire#Scotland Glasgow | unitary_scotland = North Lanarkshire | lieutenancy_scotland = Lanarkshire | constituency_westminster = Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch | constituency_scottish_parliament = Coatbridge and Chryston | post_town = GLASGOW | postcode_district = G69 9 | postcode_area = G | dial_code = 01236 | static_image = File:Chryston Church - geograph.org.uk - 128114.jpg | static_image_caption = Chryston Parish Church | london_distance = | edinburgh_distance = | type = Village Chryston is a village in North Lanarkshire, around 7 mi east of Glasgow, in Scotland. It lies north of its sister village, Muirhead, which is on the A80. The village has around double Muirhead's population, although the exact boundary between the two modern villages is difficult to find.
History
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Blaeu_-Atlas_of_Scotland_1654-GLOTTIANA_PRÆFECTVRA_INFERIOR-_Lower_Clydesdale_Auchinloch.png" caption="access-date=31 December 2017}} "Glasgow and the county of Lanark" map c.1596 depicting Chriſtoun (Chryston) north-west of Gartcaiſh ([[Gartcosh]])."] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/ChrystonMap1923.jpg" caption="Map of Chryston in the early 1900s"] ::
The etymology of the name is uncertain but may refer to the "town of Cristinus". Several old documents show Chryston with various spellings including maps by Timothy Pont, William Forrest, Thomas Richardson, and William Roy.
In the 18th century, Chryston had one of the four schools in the parish of Cadder. William Barclay, himself a school teacher, reported the low pay of his profession in the Old Statistical Account.
One gazetteer, Samuel Lewis, from around 1846, describes a recently established library. He quotes 555 inhabitants. The same publication also stated that Chyston was a quoad sacra parish including the villages of Mollinsburn, Moodiesburn, Muirhead and the hamlet of Auchinloch. Even today Moodiesburn is often included in the Chryston district: Devro headquarters has Chryston as its official address, and Moodiesburn's Stoneyetts Hospital (originally part of East Muckcroft within the "Woodilee Estate") was sometimes listed under Chryston.
On Friday 18 September 1959, 47 miners lost their lives in the Auchengeich mining disaster at Auchengeich Colliery situated in nearby Moodiesburn.
Chryston High School is a six-year non-denominational secondary school situated on Lindsaybeg Road.
Demography
Groome's Gazetteer gives historical statistics including population. The 1891 and 1901 statistics include Muirhead. ::data[format=table]
| Year | Chryston Population | Quoad Sacra Parish Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1836 | 374 | _ |
| 1841 | _ | 2,670 |
| 1846 | 555 | _ |
| 1861 | 582 | _ |
| 1871 | 486 | 3,203 |
| 1881 | 464 | 3,240 |
| 1891 | 899 | _ |
| 1901 | 1,102 | _ |
| :: |
References
References
- {{Scottish settlement population citation
- "OS 25 inch 1892-1949". Ordnance Survey.
- "Glottiana Praefectura Inferior".
- "Chryston on Pont 34". Timothy Pont (16th century).
- (2014). "An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin". Glasgow University.
- "Christoun on Pont's Map". Pont.
- "Old County Maps".
- "Roy's map of the Lowlands".
- (1791). "The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes". W. Creech.
- (1846). "A topographical dictionary of Scotland ...". S. Lewis and Co..
- The National Archives]]. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- Tough, Alistair. (23 July 1998). "NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Archives: Records". [[University of Glasgow]].
- "Chryston High School – #WeAreChrystonHighSchool".
- (1882). "Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical". T.C. Jack.
- (1902). "Eleventh decennial census of the population of Scotland taken 31st March 1901, with report : volume I". HMSO.
- (1836). "The new statistical account of Scotland by Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy". W. Blackwood and Sons.
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