Eaglesham
Sign in to saveEaglesham ( or ) is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, situated about south of Glasgow, southeast of Newton Mearns and south of Clarkston, and southwest of East Kilbride.
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Place details
- Locality
- Eaglesham
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,150
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Eaglesham
- UK place.static_image_name
- Eaglesham in the Snow - geograph.org.uk - 638015.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Montgomery Street
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS573519
- UK place.pushpin_map
- Scotland East Renfrewshire#Scotland Glasgow
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- East Renfrewshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Renfrewshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- East Renfrewshire
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Eastwood
- UK place.post_town
- GLASGOW
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +3400
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.eaglesham.com
- Image
- Polnoon Street 1450275.jpg
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- Renfrewshire
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Origin of the name
- The Middle Ages
- 17th century
- 18th and 19th centuries
- 20th century
- The village today
- Places of interest
- Eaglesham Parish Church
- St Bridget's Church
- Polnoon Lodge
- Montgomery Street
- Polnoon Street
- Motte Hill
- Deil's Wood
- Views in and around Eaglesham
- References
- External links
Eaglesham ( or ) is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, situated about south of Glasgow, southeast of Newton Mearns and south of Clarkston, and southwest of East Kilbride.
The 2011 census revealed that the village had 3,114 occupants, down 13 from the 2001 census (3,127). Eaglesham is distinctive in being built around the Orry, a triangular park area of common land about in length, interspersed with trees and divided in the centre by the Eaglesham Burn. The ancient seat of the Earls of Eglinton. In the 17th century Eaglesham was a small market town. Today's village was founded in 1769 by Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton. It had at one time handloom weaving and a cotton-mill. Many of its buildings are category B or C listed buildings, and the planned village area is a conservation area. Eaglesham was designated Scotland's first outstanding conservation area in 1960. It is likely that here has been a place of worship since the 5th or 6th centuries.