In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Torrance like this:
Torrance, a village in Campsie parish, Stirlingshire, on the right bank of the Kelvin, 3 miles W of Kirkintilloch. It has a post office under Glasgow, a station on the Kilsyth and Maryhill section of the North British railway, and a new public school of 1882. Pop. with Wester Balgrochan (1871) 671, (1881) 624-Ord. Sur., sh. 31, 1867.
Torrance through time
Torrance is now part of East Dunbartonshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Dunbartonshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Torrance itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Torrance, in East Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22287
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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