Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cumbernauld

Cumbernauld, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in detached part of Dumbartonshire, 15½ miles NE. of Glasgow -- par., 11,635 ac., pop. 4270; vil., 1¾ m. N. of sta., pop. 1064; P.O.; and P.O. at Cumbernauld Station; 1 Bank; the industries are weaving, mining, and quarrying. In vicinity of vil. is Cumbernauld House, seat of Lord Elphinstone.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cumbernauld ScoP       Dunbartonshire ScoCnty
Place: Cumbernauld

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