In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Glenboig like this:
Glenboig, a village at the western verge of New Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, with a station on the Caledonian, 2 ½ miles N by W of the post-town Coatbridge. It has large fire-clay and brick works, a post office, a public school, a Roman Catholic school (1881), and the Roman Catholic church of Our Lady and St Joseph (1880). Pop., with Garnqueen, (1871) 307, (1881) 934.
Glenboig through time
Glenboig 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 Glenboig itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Glenboig in North Lanarkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22131
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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