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Bargeddie, a post office village in Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, 1¾ mile WSW of its post-town, Coatbridge. Here in the autumn of 1876 a church was opened for the quoad sacra parish of Bargeddie, which, formed in 1875, is in the presbytery of Hamilton and synod of Glasgow and Ayr. Geometrical Gothic in style, this church consists of an aisled nave, semi-octagonal transepts, and an apse, with a spire 130 feet high, stained-glass windows, etc. A sessional school, with accommodation for 220 children, had (1879) a day and an evening attendance of 235 and 49, and grants of £223, 8s. and £28,6s. Pop. of village (1881) 100; of q. s. parish (1881) 2980.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a post office village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Lanarkshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Bargeddie |
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