Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cambuslang

Cambuslang, town and par. (consisting of a cluster of vils.) with ry. sta., N. Lanarkshire, near river Clyde, 3¾ miles SE. of Glasgow -- par., 5160 ac., pop. 9447; town, pop. 5538; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has weaving and coal-mining; was the scene, in 1741, of an extraordinary religious revival.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and parish (consisting of a cluster of villages) with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Cambuslang Parish       Lanarkshire County
Place: Cambuslang

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