Torrance, Scotland
Torrance is a relatively affluent village in East Dunbartonshire, formerly Stirlingshire, Scotland, located north of Glasgow city centre. Torrance used to mainly consist of farmland. The village was once famous as a resting place for workers on their way to the Campsie Fells north. The Forth and Clyde Canal has a wharf nearby at Hungryside, and the A807 runs along its southern edge. The village has an active community charity whose aims are to improve the village facilities. History Originally located in the county of Stirlingshire the name Torrance may come from the Scottish Gaelic language, Gaelic for the place of the "little hillocks". There are Roman sites close to Torrance with a fort at Cadder and a fortlet at Glasgow Bridge, Kirkintilloch, Glasgow Bridge. The village of Torrance is located in "The Eleven Ploughs of Balgrochan". The "Eleven Ploughlands" are part of the estate of the Grahams of Mugdock, which had been feu (land tenure), feued in 1630 to local occupiers b ...
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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 ...
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