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[[File:Smithstone from the air (geograph 6212870).jpg|thumb|Smithstone from the air (2019)]] |
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[[File:Broadwood Stadium from the air (geograph 5670628).jpg|thumb|[[Broadwood Stadium]] with Broadwood Loch at the bottom between [[Blackwood, Cumbernauld|Blackwood]] on the left and Collingwood on the right. Smithstone is at the top]] |
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'''Smithstone''' ({{langx|sco|Smeeston}})<ref>[http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/read.asp?letter=S&CurPage=70 The Online Scots Dictionary]</ref> is an area of [[Cumbernauld]], [[North Lanarkshire]]. Versions of the name are recorded in the vicinity from the mid fourteenth century onwards.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Drummond|first1=Peter, John|title=An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin|date=2014|publisher=Glasgow University|location=Glasgow|page=246|url=http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5270/1/2014DrummondPhD.pdf#page=247|accessdate=3 July 2017}}</ref> The area was originally a farm and the first Ordnance Survey map shows it as Smithstown.<ref>{{cite web|title=Smithstown|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst18149.html|website=The Gazetteer for Scotland, 2017|accessdate=22 October 2017}}</ref> A coal mining and quarrying business had developed in the 19th century and Smithston Row and Smithston Quarry are shown on the map.<ref>{{cite web|title=OS 25 inch map 1892-1949, with Bing opacity slider|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.9504&lon=-4.0416&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=12 October 2017}}</ref> [[North Lanarkshire Council]] sold off the land to developers for housing and it is now anticipated that up to 700 houses will be built in the area. In late 2005 a new road from Smithstone Road to Constarry Road outside [[Croy, North Lanarkshire|Croy]], was opened, providing a link to the separate housing estates of the area. Being west of [[Croy, North Lanarkshire|Croy]], the area is the closest point of Cumbernauld to [[Twechar]] and the [[Antonine Wall]] fort at [[Bar Hill Fort|Bar Hill]]. |
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Smithstone (Scots: Smeeston)[1] is an area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. Versions of the name are recorded in the vicinity from the mid fourteenth century onwards.[2] The area was originally a farm and the first Ordnance Survey map shows it as Smithstown.[3] A coal mining and quarrying business had developed in the 19th century and Smithston Row and Smithston Quarry are shown on the map.[4] North Lanarkshire Council sold off the land to developers for housing and it is now anticipated that up to 700 houses will be built in the area. In late 2005 a new road from Smithstone Road to Constarry Road outside Croy, was opened, providing a link to the separate housing estates of the area. Being west of Croy, the area is the closest point of Cumbernauld to Twechar and the Antonine Wall fort at Bar Hill.
References
[edit]- ^ The Online Scots Dictionary
- ^ Drummond, Peter, John (2014). An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin (PDF). Glasgow: Glasgow University. p. 246. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Smithstown". The Gazetteer for Scotland, 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "OS 25 inch map 1892-1949, with Bing opacity slider". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 October 2017.