Auchinloch

Auchinloch (Gaelic: Achadh an Locha) is a village in North Lanarkshire, near Lenzie in Scotland.[2] In previous years it was in the Parish of Cadder and, until 1996, Strathkelvin District. The village's name - "Field of the Loch" - derives from its proximity to a small loch called the Gadloch. The area was sometimes known as the Loch Lands.[3]

Auchinloch
  • Scottish Gaelic: Achadh an Locha

Auchinloch from the air
Auchinloch
Location within North Lanarkshire
Population750 [1] Mid-2012 estimate
OS grid referenceNS661708
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG66
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
Map of Auchinloch in 1923

History

The etymology of the name is ‘Field of the loch’ (achadh an locha).[4] Several old documents show Auchinloch with various spellings including maps by Timothy Pont,[5] Charles Ross,[6] and William Roy.[7] There is some evidence that the religious revivals of the 18th century touched the village.[8][9] The housing used to consist mainly of two parallel rows of single-storied weavers' cottages. One gazetteer, Samuel Lewis, describes coal being hardly worth digging with some limestone quarrying with a works established at Garnkirk. He quotes 138 inhabitants.[10] Around the year 1860 there were 126 inhabitants.[11] There was also a convalescent home at Auchinloch.[12] In 1864 it had 64 places for residents.[13] Industrialization came in the 1880s, with the opening of the Lumloch Colliery, and then in the 1920s Wester Auchengeich Colliery. The latter closed in 1968.[14]

Outside modern Auchinloch, near Auchinleck, is the Wallace Well.[15] This used to be called Auchinloch Well, was common to all farmers, and is mentioned in the New Statistical Account.[16]

The Village
Auchinloch Newsagents
Auchinloch and Gadloch from the air
Auchinloch Primary School
The Auchengeich Mining Disaster Memorial[17]
Blaeu's Map around Auchinloch

Auchinloch is home to the school, Auchinloch Primary.[18] The present school building dates to the 1930s whilst the original 19th century school building still remains to the east of the village and now serves as the village hall/community centre.[19] Auchinloch Community Centre lies at the top of the village, near the local pub, the Golden Pheasant which is located on Stepps Road. The pub has been bought over by a new owner and following extensive refurbishment is now a thriving hub for food and drinks. A grocery shop is located in the village where in December 1999 the local shopkeeper was murdered. There is also a Bowling Green in the village and also Cardyke Farm Shelter, a branch of Cats Protection outside. The village is in the catchment area for Lenzie Academy.[20]

Notable residents
  • Patrick Baird, merchant. Built the school and preached a sermon each Christmas Day.[21]

See also

References
  1. "Estimated population of localities by broad age groups, mid-2012" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. "OS 25 inch 1892-1949". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. Brotchie, T.C.F. (1921). Some Sylvan Scenes near Glasgow. Glasgow: Aird & Coghill. p. 110. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. Drummond, Peter, John (2014). An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin (PDF). Glasgow: Glasgow University. p. 145. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. "Auchinloch on Pont's Map". NLS. Pont. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  6. "Old County Maps". NLS. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  7. "Roy's map of the Lowlands". NLS. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  8. Tyerman, Luke (1877). The life of George Whitefield. London: Hodder. p. 3. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  9. Gillies, John (1754). Historical collections relating to remarkable periods of the success of the Gospel, and eminent instruments employed in promoting it (Vol 2 ed.). Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis. p. 357. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  10. Lewis, Samuel (1846). A topographical dictionary of Scotland ... London: S. Lewis and Co. p. 76. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  11. M'Donald, Hugh (1856). Rambles Round Glasgow (2nd ed.). Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son. pp. 429–430. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  12. Watson, Thomas (1894). Kirkintilloch, town and parish. Glasgow: J. Smith. p. 131. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  13. Groome, Francis Hindes (1882). Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical (Vol 1 ed.). Edinburgh: T.C. Jack. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  14. "Kirkintilloch Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More". web.archive.org. 6 February 2006. Archived from the original on 6 February 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  15. "Glasgow, Robroyston Mains, Wallace's Well". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  16. Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy (1845). The new statistical account of Scotland. Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons. p. 800. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  17. "Welcome home - iconic miner returned to rightful place at Auchengeich". Monklands Memories. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  18. Louden, Dick (26 September 2000). "Small beginnings". The Herald. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  19. "Our School". auchinloch.n-lanark.sch.uk. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  20. Gallacher, Liz (15 September 2016). "Desperate house hunters camp out to secure home in Lenzie school area". Kirkintilloch Herald. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  21. M'Donald, Hugh (1856). Rambles Round Glasgow (2nd ed.). Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son. pp. 429–430. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

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