Lenzie
Sign in to saveLenzie () is a small affluent town by the Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area and the historic county of Dunbartonshire in Scotland. It is about north-east of Glasgow city centre and south of Kirkintilloch. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 8,873. The ancient barony of Lenzie was held by William de Comyn, Baron of Lenzie and Lord of Cumbernauld in the 12th century.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Lenzie
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Lèanaidh
- UK place.scots_name
- Lennie / Lenyie
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS655720
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.pushpin_map
- Scotland East Dunbartonshire#Scotland Glasgow
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- East Dunbartonshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Dunbartonshire
- UK place.post_town
- GLASGOW
- UK place.postcode_district
- G66
- UK place.postcode_area
- G
- UK place.dial_code
- 0141
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Mid Dunbartonshire
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Strathkelvin and Bearsden
- UK place.static_image_name
- Lenzie and Kirkintilloch from the air (geograph 2965815).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Lenzie from above Gadloch
- UK place.static_image_alt
- photograph taken from an aircraft
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- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 8070
- Time zone
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- Image
- Lenzie from the air (Geograph 2518981 by Thomas Nugent).jpg
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- Lenzie
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- Dunbartonshire
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Lenzie () is a small affluent town by the Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area and the historic county of Dunbartonshire in Scotland. It is about north-east of Glasgow city centre and south of Kirkintilloch. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 8,873. The ancient barony of Lenzie was held by William de Comyn, Baron of Lenzie and Lord of Cumbernauld in the 12th century.
==Toponymy== Lenzie is now generally pronounced with a /z/, but used to be pronounced /lɛnjɪ/. This is because the original Scots spelling, Lenȝie, contained the letter yogh, which was later confused with the tailed z. The name probably derives from the Gaelic Lèanaidh (), a locative form of lèana, meaning a "wet meadow". The whole parish was split into Easter Lenzie which now contains for example Lenziemill, and Wester Lenzie which came to be dominated by Kirkintilloch.
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