Garnkirk

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countryScotland
official_nameGarnkirk
gaelic_nameGart nan Cearc
coordinates
pushpin_mapScotland North Lanarkshire#Scotland Glasgow
lieutenancy_scotlandLanarkshire
constituency_westminsterCoatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
constituency_scottish_parliamentCoatbridge and Chryston
post_townGLASGOW
postcode_districtG69
postcode_areaG
static_imageThe_A80_and_M80_from_the_air_(geograph_2965830).jpg
static_image_captionsite of Garnkirk Burn and Garnkirk House
static_image_altThe A80 (r) and M80 (l) from the air. Garnkirk Burn is shown by the line of trees at the bottom left. The fireclay works is now a scrapyard beyond the bottom right on the railway line. Garnkirk House is now the clubhouse at Crow Wood Golf Club.
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Garnkirk is a settlement in North Lanarkshire, located a mile (1.5 km) southwest of Muirhead. It is located 10 km northeast of Glasgow's city centre and 23 km southwest of Falkirk. Garnkirk is connected via the nearby motorways M8, M73 and M80. This provides access to Cumbernauld, Glasgow and Stirling. The nearest modern railway stations are in Gartcosh and Stepps.

History

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The etymology of the name is ‘enclosure of the hen’. Several old documents show Garnkirk with various spellings including maps by Timothy Pont, Charles Ross, and William Roy.

John Dunlop bought Garnkirk House in 1634. The house stayed in the family for many years. The Dunlops were well known. For example James Dunlop being a wealthy landowner opposed Thomas Muir and the congregation at Cadder over who appointed their minister. The house is now the clubhouse of the Crow Wood Golf Club.

"James Dunlop of Garnkirk" was one of the five wealthy supporters of Glasgow's first playhouse in the late 18th century ( a Puritanical spirit suppressing entertainment in the city).

One gazetteer, Samuel Lewis, describes coal being hardly worth digging Auchinloch with some limestone quarrying with a works established at Garnkirk. There was some coal found at Garnkirk. There was a substantial fire clay works at Garnkirk, north of Garnkirk Station, on the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway. It opened around 1831; their goods were sold around the world. The works manufactured products including vases, flower-pots and crucibles. It shut in 1901. Between 1897 and 1921 Garnkirk was the location of the Gartloch Distillery that produced grain whisky. It was sold as widely as America and New Zealand.

Garnkirk Burn

The Garnkirk Burn rises to the west of Stepps. It then runs through the Garnkirk Glen and flows north-east to meet the Bothlin Burn. The Bothlin Burn escapes from Bishop Loch, south of Gartcosh. It is joined by the Garnkirk Burn east of Davidston farm, just north of the M80. The Bothlin is without a doubt the Luggie Water's major contributing stream.

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References

References

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  3. (2014). "An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin". Glasgow University.
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  5. "Old County Maps".
  6. "Roy's map of the Lowlands".
  7. (1898). "Dunlop of that ilk : memorabilia of the families of Dunlop ... ; with the whole of the Songs ; and a large selection from the poems of John Dunlop". Kerr and Richardson.
  8. (14 December 2016). "Thomas Muir - new evidence unearthed". Glasgow University.
  9. (14 December 2016). "Newly discovered papers unveil further details about the life of Thomas Muir, 'Father of Democracy'".
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  11. History of Glasgow bu John McUre
  12. (1846). "A topographical dictionary of Scotland ...". S. Lewis and Co..
  13. (1837). "Pigot and Co.'s national commercial directory for the whole of Scotland and of the Isle of Man ... to which are added, classified directories of ... Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, etc".
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  16. (1876). "American enterprise. Burley's United States centennial gasetteer and guide". S. W. Burley.
  17. (1845). "The new statistical account of Scotland". W. Blackwood and Sons.
  18. (July 2025). "Industries".
  19. "Gartloch Distillery". [[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland]].
  20. (1895). "Pacific wine and spirit review". R.M. Wood & Co..
  21. (3 December 1886). "Page 24 Advertisements Column 3". Volume XVIII.
  22. "OS 25 inch 1892-1949". Ordnance Survey.
  23. "Garnkirk Glen near the source of the Garnkirk Burn".
  24. "OS 25 inch 1892-1949". Ordnance Survey.

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