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Campsie F
Campsie may refer to: * Campsie, New South Wales, Australia * Campsie, Alberta, Canada * Campsie, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Campsie Fells, range of hills in Scotland ** Campsie, Stirlingshire, historic civil parish based in the area *** Milton of Campsie, town in the parish (now East Dunbartonshire) **** Campsie F.C., football team based in the above town *** Campsie Village, area of Lennoxtown Lennoxtown ( gd, Baile na Leamhnachd, ) is a town in East Dunbartonshire council area and the historic county of Stirlingshire, Scotland at the foot of the Campsie Fells, which are just to the north. The town had a population of 4,094 at the 201 ... in Campsie civil parish **** Campsie Central F.C., football team based on Lennoxtown ** Campsie Black Watch F.C., football team based in the above town {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campsie, New South Wales
Campsie is a suburb in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Campsie is 11 kilometres south west of the Sydney central business district, on the southern bank of the Cooks River. Campsie is one of the administrative centres of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown. History Campsie was named after the Campsie parish in Stirlingshire, Scotland. Aboriginal culture Indigenous Australians lived in this area for thousands of years. In 1770, the land along the Cooks River was explored by officers from HM Bark ''Endeavour''. European settlement In the early days of European settlement, the land in this area was mostly used for farming. The southern parts of Campsie were part of the Laycock estate that extended to most of Kingsgrove. The area between South Campsie and the Cooks River was known as the Redman estates. John Redman was granted in 1812 and he later purchased the area to the east, which was a land grant of to Thomas Capon in 1817. The railway was completed in 1895, enc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campsie, Alberta
Campsie is a hamlet in central Alberta within the County of Barrhead No. 11, located approximately west of Barrhead then north of Highway 18, roughly northwest of Edmonton. It has an elevation of . The hamlet took its name, in 1909, from Campsie, in Scotland, the ancestral home of an early postmaster. The post office operated until 1969. The community was a block settlement established by Black Canadian homesteaders from Oklahoma and Texas, within four to five years of Alberta becoming a province in 1905. Climate Demographics Campsie recorded a population of 65 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada. See also *List of communities in Alberta * List of hamlets in Alberta *Similar 1908 to 1910 Alberta homesteader settlements of Black Canadians: **Amber Valley, Alberta Amber Valley is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta, Canada, approximately north of Edmonton. Its elevation is . Originally named Pine Creek, Amber Valley was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campsie, County Tyrone
Campsie () is a small townland of the County Tyrone of Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom. It is situated in the historic barony of Omagh East and the civil parish of Cappagh, and covers an area of 260 acres. ''www.emeraldancestors.com'' Landmarks * (closed in 2017) *Omagh High School
Omagh High School is a secondary school in Omagh, C ...
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Campsie Fells
The Campsie Fells (also known as the Campsies; Scottish Gaelic: ''Monadh Chamaisidh'') are a range of hills in central Scotland, stretching east to west from Denny Muir to Dumgoyne in Stirlingshire and overlooking Strathkelvin to the south. The southern extent of the range falls within East Dunbartonshire. The range overlooks the villages of Strathblane, Blanefield, Milton Of Campsie, Lennoxtown and Torrance to the south; Killearn to the west, and Fintry and Strathendrick to the north. The Fintry Hills lie further to the north; Kilpatrick Hills lie to the west and the Kilsyth Hills to the east. Walking Earl's Seat is the highest point of the Campsie Fells, measuring 578 m (1,896 ft). On the top of Earl's Seat is a trig point. Two main ways of climbing Earl's Seat are by going past Dumgoyne from the Glengoyne Distillery or going up the Fin Glen from Clachan of Campsie. Etymology The name is taken from one of the individual hills in the range, called Campsie; meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campsie, Stirlingshire
Campsie is a civil parish in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The parish was formerly part of Stirlingshire. Settlements *Auchenreoch * Clachan of Campsie *Haughhead *Lennoxtown *Milton of Campsie * Torrance *Baldernock (at one time the parish encompassed the parish of Baldernock) See also * Campsie Fells The Campsie Fells (also known as the Campsies; Scottish Gaelic: ''Monadh Chamaisidh'') are a range of hills in central Scotland, stretching east to west from Denny Muir to Dumgoyne in Stirlingshire and overlooking Strathkelvin to the south. Th ... References External links *http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/glasgow/campsies.shtml * Geography of East Dunbartonshire Stirlingshire {{EastDunbartonshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Of Campsie
Milton may refer to: Names * Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname) ** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet * Milton (given name) ** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free to Choose'' Places Australia * Milton, New South Wales * Milton, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane ** Milton Courts, a tennis centre ** Milton House, Milton, a heritage-listed house ** Milton railway station, Brisbane ** Milton Reach, a reach of the Brisbane River ** Milton Road, an arterial road in Brisbane Canada * Milton, Newfoundland and Labrador * Milton, Nova Scotia in the Region of Queens Municipality * Milton, Ontario ** Milton line, a commuter train line ** Milton GO Station * Milton (electoral district), Ontario ** Milton (provincial electoral district), Ontario * Beaverton, Ontario a community in Durham Region and renamed as Beaverton in 1835 * Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292, Saskatchewan New Zealand * Milton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire ( sco, Aest Dunbartanshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north of Glasgow and contains many of the affluent areas to the north of the city, including Bearsden, Milngavie, Milton Of Campsie, Balmore and Torrance, as well as many of the city's commuter towns and villages. East Dunbartonshire also shares borders with North Lanarkshire, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. The council area covers parts of the historic counties of Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire. The council area was formed in 1996, as a result of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, from the former Bearsden and Milngavie district and most of the former Strathkelvin district (all areas except Chryston and Auchinloch, which became part of North Lanarkshire council area), within the wider Strathclyde region. Demographics East Dunbartonshire council area has low levels of deprivation, with relatively low u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campsie F
Campsie may refer to: * Campsie, New South Wales, Australia * Campsie, Alberta, Canada * Campsie, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Campsie Fells, range of hills in Scotland ** Campsie, Stirlingshire, historic civil parish based in the area *** Milton of Campsie, town in the parish (now East Dunbartonshire) **** Campsie F.C., football team based in the above town *** Campsie Village, area of Lennoxtown Lennoxtown ( gd, Baile na Leamhnachd, ) is a town in East Dunbartonshire council area and the historic county of Stirlingshire, Scotland at the foot of the Campsie Fells, which are just to the north. The town had a population of 4,094 at the 201 ... in Campsie civil parish **** Campsie Central F.C., football team based on Lennoxtown ** Campsie Black Watch F.C., football team based in the above town {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennoxtown
Lennoxtown ( gd, Baile na Leamhnachd, ) is a town in East Dunbartonshire council area and the historic county of Stirlingshire, Scotland at the foot of the Campsie Fells, which are just to the north. The town had a population of 4,094 at the 2011 UK Census. History The focus of Lennoxtown area used to be the busy Lennox Mill, where tenants of the Woodhead estate brought their corn to be ground. There were several corn mills. Lennox Mill was located in the vicinity of the recently demolished Kali Nail Works. A significant event in the history of the locality was the establishment of the calico printing works at Lennoxmill during the late 1780s. It was on a site adjacent to the old corn mill. Calico is a type of cotton cloth, the printing of cotton cloth was soon established as the major industry in the area, also at Milton of Campsie. Calico was constructed during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to provide accommodation for the block makers and other cotton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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