Glenboig

Glenboig
The M73 with Gartcosh in the foreground and Glenboig and Garnqueen Loch in the background
Glenboig is located in North Lanarkshire
Glenboig
Glenboig
Location within North Lanarkshire
Population2,990 (2022)[1]
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCOATBRIDGE
Postcode districtML5 2
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°53′36″N 4°02′42″W / 55.8933°N 4.0449°W / 55.8933; -4.0449

Glenboig (Scottish Gaelic: An Gleann Bhog) is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland lying north of Coatbridge and to the south east of Kirkintilloch and is approximately ten miles (sixteen kilometres) from Glasgow City Centre.[2] According to a 2022 estimate, the population of Glenboig was 2,990.[3]

Historically the settlement formed the south eastern extremity of the ancient Gaelic province of the Lennox (Scottish Gaelic: An Leamhnachd) which lay roughly within the former county of Dunbartonshire.[4] The etymology of the name is uncertain but may mean "boggy or soft glen".[5] Some online maps refer to the area as Marnock but locals call the area Glenboig.[6]

Glenboig's main industry was fireclay and Glenboig's name was known across the world.[7]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "OS 25 inch, 1892-1905". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. ^ Newton, Michael. From Clyde To Callander.
  5. ^ "How did Glenboig get it's [sic] name?". Glenboig Memories. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. ^ Drummond, Peter, John (2014). An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin (PDF). Glasgow: Glasgow University. p. 170. Retrieved 3 July 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Turner, John A. (1894). Brickmaking in the land o' Scots (Brick and Clay Record, Volume 11, Issue 4 ed.). Chicago: Windsor and Kenfield Pub. Co. pp. 166–168. Retrieved 28 February 2018.