Lenzie
"LENZIE, town and quoad sacra parish in Dumbartonshire and Lanarkshire,
and an ancient district wholly in Dumbartonshire. The town stands 6 1/4 miles
north-east of Glasgow. and has a post office, with money order and telegraph
departments, under Glasgow, a railway junction station, Established,
United Presbyterian, and Episcopalian churches, and the Glasgow Convalescent Home,
and is near the Barony or Woodilee Lunatic Asylum. Pop. of the town, 1316; of the
quoad sacra parish, 1440. This district was originally a barony belonging to the
Earls of Wigton, but was afterwards co-extensive with
all the detached section of Dumbartonshire, now forming Kirkintilloch and
Cumbernauld parishes."
From The Gazetteer of Scotland, by Rev. John Wilson, 1882.
Page produced by Louise Smith.
Last updated: 15th March 2002, 05:13
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