In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Bargeddie like this:
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.
Bargeddie through time
Bargeddie is now part of North Lanarkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Lanarkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bargeddie itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bargeddie in North Lanarkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21938
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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