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|static_image_caption= Cadder parish church erected in 1830<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=John Marius|title=The gazetteer of Scotland|date=1882|publisher=W. & A.K. Johnston|location=Edinburgh|page=65|url=https://archive.org/stream/gazetteerofscotl00wilsuoft#page/64/mode/2up/|access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref> |
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'''Cadder''' ([[Scottish Gaelic]]: '' |
'''Cadder''' ([[Scottish Gaelic]]: ''Coille Dobhair'') is a district of the town of [[Bishopbriggs]], [[East Dunbartonshire]], [[Scotland]]. It is located 7 km north of [[Glasgow]] city centre, 0.5 km south of the [[River Kelvin]], and approximately 1.5 km north-east of Bishopbriggs town centre, sited on the route of the [[Forth and Clyde Canal]]. There is a Glasgow council housing scheme of a similar name, generally pronounced Cawder, in the district of [[Lambhill]] some {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} to the south-west along the Canal, which was built in the early 1950s. Similarly, within Cadder, there is Cawder Golf Club, which also uses that original pronunciation. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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In antiquity, Cadder was the site of a [[Castra|Roman fort]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/45247/cadder|title=Cadder|access-date=2017-11-18 |work=[[Canmore (database)|CANMORE]] |publisher=[[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland]]}}</ref> on the route of the [[Antonine Wall]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/45239/antonine-wall-wilderness-plantation-easter-cawder-cadder|title=Antonine Wall: Wilderness Plantation - Easter Cawder - Cadder |
In antiquity, Cadder was the site of a [[Castra|Roman fort]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/45247/cadder|title=Cadder|access-date=2017-11-18 |work=[[Canmore (database)|CANMORE]] |publisher=[[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland]]}}</ref> on the route of the [[Antonine Wall]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/45239/antonine-wall-wilderness-plantation-easter-cawder-cadder|title=Antonine Wall: Wilderness Plantation - Easter Cawder - Cadder |
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|access-date=2017-11-18 |work=[[Canmore (database)|CANMORE]] |publisher=[[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland]]}}</ref> Its neighbouring forts are [[Balmuildy]] to the west and [[Kirkintilloch]] to the east although there are intermediate [[Castellum|fortlets]] at [[Wilderness Plantation]] to the west and [[Glasgow Bridge, Kirkintilloch|Glasgow Bridge]] to the east.<ref>{{cite web|title=OS 25 inch map 1892-1949, with Bing opacity slider|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.9263&lon=-4.2142&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> The [[Second Legion Augusta|Second Legion]] may have been responsible for building the fort.<ref>{{cite web|title=RIB 2188. Building inscription of the Second Legion Augusta|url=https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/2188|website=Roman Inscriptions of Britain|access-date=18 November 2017}}</ref> John Clarke of the Glasgow Archaeological Society excavated the remains in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Journal of Roman Studies (Volume 24, Issue 1, 1934, pp. 104-105)|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/clarke-john-the-roman-fort-at-cadder-near-glasgow-being-an-account-of-excavations-conducted-under-the-auspices-of-the-glasgow-archaeological-society-glasgow-jackson-wylie-and-co-1933-pp-xii-93-with-10-plates-and-19-figures-12s-6d/42906508EB598FC52B667A844FCBFB38|website=Cambridge University Press|access-date=29 April 2018}}</ref> [[George Macdonald (archaeologist)|Sir George Macdonald]] also wrote about the excavation of the site.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Macdonald|first1=Sir George|title=The Roman wall in Scotland, by Sir George Macdonald|date=1934|publisher=The Clarendon press|location=Oxford|pages=297–312|edition=2d ed., rev., enl., and in great part rewritten|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3760345;view=2up;seq=430;size=200|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> The site was destroyed by sand quarrying in the 1940s.<ref>{{cite web|title=CADDER: FORT|url=http://www.antoninewall.org/system/files/documents/Cadder-%20Fort.pdf|website=Frontiers of the Roman Wall|access-date=25 November 2017}}</ref> A sketch of the medieval motte made by Skinner still survives.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rohl|first1=Darrell, Jesse|title=More than a Roman Monument: A Place-centred Approach to the Long-term History and Archaeology of the Antonine Wall|url=http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9458/1/DarrellRohl_PhDThesis_2014.pdf?DDD6+#page=308|website=Durham Theses|publisher=Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online ref: 9458|access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref> One find at Cadder was an oil lamp which is associated with the bath house of the fort.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oil Lamp, Cadder|url=https://vimeo.com/134602884|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref> Before the Reformation the lands of Cadder and the kirk belonged to the Bishops of Glasgow.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brotchie|first1=T.C.F.|title=Some Sylvan Scenes near Glasgow|date=1921|publisher=Aird & Coghill|location=Glasgow|pages=35–38|url=https://archive.org/stream/somesylvanscenesbrot#page/36/mode/2up|access-date=3 December 2017}}</ref> In the 18th century James Dunlop of [[Garnkirk]] being a wealthy landowner opposed [[Thomas Muir of Huntershill|Thomas Muir]] and the congregation at Cadder over who appointed their minister.<ref>{{cite news|title=Thomas Muir - new evidence unearthed|url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2016/december/headline_504475_en.html|access-date=24 February 2018|agency=University news|publisher=Glasgow University|date=14 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Phil|title=Newly discovered papers unveil further details about the life of Thomas Muir, 'Father of Democracy'|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14965475.Newly_discovered_papers_unveil_further_details_about_the_life_of_Thomas_Muir__Scottish_political_reformer/|access-date=24 February 2018|agency=The Herald|date=14 December 2016}}</ref> Cadder Parish Church was described in the 19th century as a neat modern Gothic church.<ref>{{cite book|last1= |
|access-date=2017-11-18 |work=[[Canmore (database)|CANMORE]] |publisher=[[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland]]}}</ref> Its neighbouring forts are [[Balmuildy]] to the west and [[Kirkintilloch]] to the east although there are intermediate [[Castellum|fortlets]] at [[Wilderness Plantation]] to the west and [[Glasgow Bridge, Kirkintilloch|Glasgow Bridge]] to the east.<ref>{{cite web|title=OS 25 inch map 1892-1949, with Bing opacity slider|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.9263&lon=-4.2142&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> The [[Second Legion Augusta|Second Legion]] may have been responsible for building the fort.<ref>{{cite web|title=RIB 2188. Building inscription of the Second Legion Augusta|url=https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/2188|website=Roman Inscriptions of Britain|access-date=18 November 2017}}</ref> John Clarke of the Glasgow Archaeological Society excavated the remains in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Journal of Roman Studies (Volume 24, Issue 1, 1934, pp. 104-105)|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/clarke-john-the-roman-fort-at-cadder-near-glasgow-being-an-account-of-excavations-conducted-under-the-auspices-of-the-glasgow-archaeological-society-glasgow-jackson-wylie-and-co-1933-pp-xii-93-with-10-plates-and-19-figures-12s-6d/42906508EB598FC52B667A844FCBFB38|website=Cambridge University Press|access-date=29 April 2018}}</ref> [[George Macdonald (archaeologist)|Sir George Macdonald]] also wrote about the excavation of the site.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Macdonald|first1=Sir George|title=The Roman wall in Scotland, by Sir George Macdonald|date=1934|publisher=The Clarendon press|location=Oxford|pages=297–312|edition=2d ed., rev., enl., and in great part rewritten|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3760345;view=2up;seq=430;size=200|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> The site was destroyed by sand quarrying in the 1940s.<ref>{{cite web|title=CADDER: FORT|url=http://www.antoninewall.org/system/files/documents/Cadder-%20Fort.pdf|website=Frontiers of the Roman Wall|access-date=25 November 2017}}</ref> A sketch of the medieval motte made by Skinner still survives.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rohl|first1=Darrell, Jesse|title=More than a Roman Monument: A Place-centred Approach to the Long-term History and Archaeology of the Antonine Wall|url=http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9458/1/DarrellRohl_PhDThesis_2014.pdf?DDD6+#page=308|website=Durham Theses|publisher=Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online ref: 9458|access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref> One find at Cadder was an oil lamp which is associated with the bath house of the fort.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oil Lamp, Cadder|url=https://vimeo.com/134602884|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref> Before the Reformation the lands of Cadder and the kirk belonged to the Bishops of Glasgow.<ref>{{cite book |title=The new statistical account of Scotland |date=1845 |publisher=William Blackwood and Sons for the Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy |location=Edinburgh and London |pages=[https://archive.org/details/b21365805_0006/page/n415/mode/2up?q=bishops-bridge 298]-315 |volume=6 |url=https://archive.org/details/b21365805_0006/page/n415/mode/2up?q=bishops-bridge}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Brotchie|first1=T.C.F.|title=Some Sylvan Scenes near Glasgow|date=1921|publisher=Aird & Coghill|location=Glasgow|pages=35–38|url=https://archive.org/stream/somesylvanscenesbrot#page/36/mode/2up|access-date=3 December 2017}}</ref> In the 18th century James Dunlop of [[Garnkirk]] being a wealthy landowner opposed [[Thomas Muir of Huntershill|Thomas Muir]] and the congregation at Cadder over who appointed their minister.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barclay |first1=William |title=The statistical account of Scotland |date=1791 |publisher=W. Creech |location=Edinburgh |pages=[https://archive.org/details/statisticalacco05sincgoog/page/n481/mode/2up 474]-484 |volume=8 |url=https://archive.org/details/statisticalacco05sincgoog}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thomas Muir - new evidence unearthed|url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2016/december/headline_504475_en.html|access-date=24 February 2018|agency=University news|publisher=Glasgow University|date=14 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Phil|title=Newly discovered papers unveil further details about the life of Thomas Muir, 'Father of Democracy'|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14965475.Newly_discovered_papers_unveil_further_details_about_the_life_of_Thomas_Muir__Scottish_political_reformer/|access-date=24 February 2018|agency=The Herald|date=14 December 2016}}</ref> Cadder Parish Church was described in the 19th century as a neat modern Gothic church.<ref>{{cite book|last1=[[Hugh MacDonald (journalist)|MacDonald]]|first1=Hugh|title=Rambles Round Glasgow|date=1856|publisher=Thomas Murray and Son|location=Glasgow|page=376|edition=2nd|url=https://archive.org/stream/ramblesroundgla00mdogoog#page/n386/mode/2up|access-date=30 November 2017}}</ref> Cadder House was a property held by the [[Clan Stirling|Stirling family]] for generations.<ref>[http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/smihou/smihou014.htm Glasgow Digital Library "Cadder House"]</ref> |
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==Cadder Today== |
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Cadder (Scottish Gaelic: Coille Dobhair) is a district of the town of Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located 7 km north of Glasgow city centre, 0.5 km south of the River Kelvin, and approximately 1.5 km north-east of Bishopbriggs town centre, sited on the route of the Forth and Clyde Canal. There is a Glasgow council housing scheme of a similar name, generally pronounced Cawder, in the district of Lambhill some 3 miles (5 km) to the south-west along the Canal, which was built in the early 1950s. Similarly, within Cadder, there is Cawder Golf Club, which also uses that original pronunciation.
History
[edit]In antiquity, Cadder was the site of a Roman fort[6] on the route of the Antonine Wall.[7] Its neighbouring forts are Balmuildy to the west and Kirkintilloch to the east although there are intermediate fortlets at Wilderness Plantation to the west and Glasgow Bridge to the east.[8] The Second Legion may have been responsible for building the fort.[9] John Clarke of the Glasgow Archaeological Society excavated the remains in the 1930s.[10] Sir George Macdonald also wrote about the excavation of the site.[11] The site was destroyed by sand quarrying in the 1940s.[12] A sketch of the medieval motte made by Skinner still survives.[13] One find at Cadder was an oil lamp which is associated with the bath house of the fort.[14] Before the Reformation the lands of Cadder and the kirk belonged to the Bishops of Glasgow.[15][16] In the 18th century James Dunlop of Garnkirk being a wealthy landowner opposed Thomas Muir and the congregation at Cadder over who appointed their minister.[17][18][19] Cadder Parish Church was described in the 19th century as a neat modern Gothic church.[20] Cadder House was a property held by the Stirling family for generations.[21]
Cadder Today
[edit]Cadder has a large cemetery, is also the site of Strathkelvin Retail Park and Low Moss (HM Prison).[22]
Gallery
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watchhouse and iron mortsafe at Cadder Parish Church
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Cadder stables
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Strathkelvin retail park
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Cadder Road sign
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, John Marius (1882). The gazetteer of Scotland. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston. p. 65. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "RIB 2186. Distance Slab of the Second Legion". Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ Macdonald, Sir George (1934). The Roman wall in Scotland, by Sir George Macdonald (2d ed., rev., enl., and in great part rewritten ed.). Oxford: The Clarendon press. pp. 369–372. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "RIB 2209. Distance Slab of the Second Legion". Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ Macdonald, Sir George (1934). The Roman wall in Scotland, by Sir George Macdonald (2d ed., rev., enl., and in great part rewritten ed.). Oxford: The Clarendon press. p. 404. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Cadder". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Antonine Wall: Wilderness Plantation - Easter Cawder - Cadder". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "OS 25 inch map 1892-1949, with Bing opacity slider". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "RIB 2188. Building inscription of the Second Legion Augusta". Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "The Journal of Roman Studies (Volume 24, Issue 1, 1934, pp. 104-105)". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ Macdonald, Sir George (1934). The Roman wall in Scotland, by Sir George Macdonald (2d ed., rev., enl., and in great part rewritten ed.). Oxford: The Clarendon press. pp. 297–312. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "CADDER: FORT" (PDF). Frontiers of the Roman Wall. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Rohl, Darrell, Jesse. "More than a Roman Monument: A Place-centred Approach to the Long-term History and Archaeology of the Antonine Wall" (PDF). Durham Theses. Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online ref: 9458. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Oil Lamp, Cadder". Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ The new statistical account of Scotland. Vol. 6. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons for the Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy. 1845. pp. 298-315.
- ^ Brotchie, T.C.F. (1921). Some Sylvan Scenes near Glasgow. Glasgow: Aird & Coghill. pp. 35–38. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ Barclay, William (1791). The statistical account of Scotland. Vol. 8. Edinburgh: W. Creech. pp. 474-484.
- ^ "Thomas Muir - new evidence unearthed". Glasgow University. University news. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ Miller, Phil (14 December 2016). "Newly discovered papers unveil further details about the life of Thomas Muir, 'Father of Democracy'". The Herald. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ MacDonald, Hugh (1856). Rambles Round Glasgow (2nd ed.). Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son. p. 376. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ Glasgow Digital Library "Cadder House"
- ^ Glasgow Guide Cadder Cemetery