Cambuslang, Lanarkshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Cambuslang. You may be able to find further references to Cambuslang in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Cambuslang town and parish (consisting of a cluster of villages) with railway station Bartholomew
Cambuslang a quasi-town and a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Cambuslang.

Place Type of entry Source
Bushyhill village Bartholomew
Bushyhill a village Groome
Caldergrove an estate, with a handsome modern mansion Groome
Caldergrove seat Bartholomew
Dalton village Bartholomew
Deanlane village Bartholomew
Drumsargad ancient barony, with vestiges of castle Bartholomew
Flemington mining village Bartholomew
Flemington a collier village Groome
Gilbertfield a decayed mansion Groome
Hallside village, with steel-works Bartholomew
Hallside House a mansion Groome
Lightburn a village Groome
Lightburn village Bartholomew
Newton a village Groome
Newton village with railway station Bartholomew
Silverbanks part of town Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Bushyhill 0 2
Carmyle 0 2
Clyde Iron Works 0 2
Flemington 0 2
Fullarton 0 1
Tollcross 0 1
Newton 0 2
Rutherglen 0 3
Dalmarnock 0 1
Shettleston 0 2
Broomhouse 0 2
Parkhead 0 1
Barrowfield 0 2
Camlachie 0 2
Bridgeton 0 2
Baillieston 0 2
Cathcart 0 2
Uddingston 0 2
Carmunnock 0 2
Blantyre 0 3

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Cambuslang. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CAMBUSLANG John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

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  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.