Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Gartcosh

Gartcosh, a village and station in Cadder parish, Lanarkshire, on the Caledonian railway, 2¾ miles NW of Coatbridge and 7 ENE of Glasgow. N ear it are Gartcosh Fireclay Works. Pop. (1881) 356.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cadder ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty
Place: Gartcosh

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