Baillieston ( sco, Bailiestoun) is a suburb of

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, Scotland. It is about east of the city centre. It also gives its name to Ward 20 of

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and forms part of the Glasgow East constituency of the

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Geographical position

Once a separate village, Baillieston is now on the periphery of the Glasgow urban area, situated west of a major interchange between the M8, M74 and M73

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s and the A8 trunk road, between the town of

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, and the neighbouring Glasgow neighbourhoods of

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Barlanark Barlanark ( ) is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated east of Budhill, Shettleston and Springboig, north west of Baillieston, west of Springhill and Swinton and south of Easthall, Easterhouse and Wellhouse. Name Th ...

and

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. Suburban developments in the vicinity such as

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Garrowhill Garrowhill ( sco, Garraehill or , gd, An Cnoc Garbh)
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, Springhill and Swinton are generally considered to fall within the larger modern Baillieston district. The area is served by

Baillieston railway station Baillieston railway station is located in Caledonia Road on the southern boundary of the Baillieston area of Glasgow, Scotland, with the Broomhouse area on the other side of the tracks. It is on the Whifflet Line (a branch of the more extensive ...

, with the

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neighbourhood on the opposite side of the tracks accessed via a rebuilt road bridge and a pedestrian underpass. The remnants of the

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lie to north of the district underneath the M8 motorway, at

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Schools

Bannerman High School, Baillieston (geograph 1664497)

Local schools include the following: *

Bannerman High School Bannerman High School is a state secondary school in the Baillieston suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. It is a non-denominational, co-educational, comprehensive school within the Glasgow City Council local education authority. The school teaches pup ...

, Glasgow Road, Baillieston
Caledonia Primary School
Calderwood Avenue, Muirside, Baillieston * St Francis of Assisi Primary School, Crown Street, Baillieston * Garrowhill Primary School, Springhill Road, Garrowhill * St Bridget's Primary School, Camp Road, Baillieston * Swinton Primary School, Rhindmuir Road, Swinton

Churches

St Bridget's Church, Baillieston - geograph

There are a number of churches in Baillieston, including the original (1833) but disused

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in Church Street and the new (1974
Baillieston St Andrew's Church, Bredisholm Road
There are two Roman Catholic churches, St Francis of Assisi Church in Crown Street and St Bridget's Church in Swinton Road, the latter built by the

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company from 1891–93. There is a small Episcopal Church of St John also in Swinton Road, built in 1850. The Mure Memorial Parish Church in

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was built as part of the

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opened in 1940. There are also two

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churches. Hope Hall (aka Baillieston Evangelical Church) on Church Street and Gospel Church on Glasgow Road. These two churches merged and now meet in Gospel Church while Hope Hall is mainly used b
Coconut Corner Childcare Centre

Historic buildings

* ''Baillieston House'', was situated at the eastern end of present-day Berriedale Avenue (O.S. grid ref. ''NS 6710 6364''). A house stood there from the 17th. century. It was demolished in 1964 to make way for the housing estate. * ''Calderbank House'', was situated on the lands formerly known as Blackyairds above a ravine on the

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(O.S. grid ref. ''NS 68410 63093''), was an early 19th-century house in

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which burned down in April, 2002. * ''Crosshill parish church'' in Church Street built in 1833 and though now superseded by the new St. Andrew's church nearby is still standing and surrounded by its graveyard. * ''St Catherine’s House'' in Swinton Road was the original Mure Memorial Miners' Church built in 1882 and is now a home for the elderly. * ''Rhindsdale House'' was a 19th-century (c. 1835) villa located between the current Kaldis restaurant and Clarkson Motors yard (O.S. grid ref. ''NS 68214 64246''). It was demolished in the early 1970s. * ''Rhindmuir'' was located at the top end of the present day Swinton (grid ref. ''NS 68701 64614'') housing area A house was present there as far back as the early 18th. century. The last house was a 19th. century construction, it was demolished in the 1980s. * ''Bredisholm House'', built around 1710 by the Muirhead family, was situated on the north bank of the North Calder Water south of present-day Bargeddie (O.S. grid ref. ''NS 69363 63373'').

Other constructions

* '' M8 Baillieston Interchange'' — a gateway to

constructed from 1977.

Football

Baillieston Football Club (Baillieston Juniors) was founded in 1919 and played in their early years at a ground presently occupied by Martin Crescent but when Lanarkshire county council decided to build housing there in 1932 they had to move to a field nearby at Camp Road. This ground was named Springhill Park after the name of the farm owned by John Findlay of Springhill to whom it was rented from. The team played there until 1953 when they opened a new stadium at Station Road which they called Station Park (due to its proximity to

) until the 1990s when the ground was sold off to a private housing developer due to a liquidity crisis. The team carried on, and, though they are not currently in business, they may still return to Junior football. Their greatest season was 1979–80, when they won the

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, the Glasgow Dryburgh Cup and the McLeod Cup. The club's star player,

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in 1956 and played for

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. In 1967, Brian Heron followed in Wilson's footsteps to Rangers although he would make his mark at

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In 1984, Andy Walker made the move straight to the professional divisions, also with Motherwell. In 1987,

Alan Dinnie Alan Dinnie (born 14 May 1963) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a right back. Career Born in Glasgow, Dinnie played for Baillieston, Partick Thistle, Dundee, Albion Rovers and Petershill. Having made the move up into ...

left the Juniors to play for

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but was never capped for

. That same year Tommy Elliott was also transferred from Baillieston Juniors to Partick Thistle. A Baillieston Thistle team preceded the Juniors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and won the

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twice: in 1893 and 1894. This side also featured a future Rangers and Scotland player, in the form of Willie Reid. Its name is kept alive by the

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team Baillieston Thistle AFC. The recently formed Baillieston United have just joined the central Scottish welfare fa as of July 2008. Another amateur team,

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plays at Stepford Park, Edinburgh Road. Glasgow East AFC is another amateur side based in Baillieston who play in the ''Glasgow Sunday AFL'' (''Amateur Football League''). FC Baillieston, were formed in 2010 and play in the Sunday Central AFL league. There are also the Baillieston Girls Football Club and Baillieston Ladies Football Club, both of which have supplied players to the national teams.

Notable residents

* Sir Patrick Dollan - Lord provost of Glasgow, 1939–1942 *

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- born in Baillieston, whose heroic deeds on a

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bombing mission over

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are commemorated on a plaque in the library. *

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- 2003 Pop Idol winner *

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- footballer * Willie Reid - footballer * Joe Miller - footballer *

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- footballer *

Malky MacKay Malcolm George Mackay (born 19 February 1972) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player, who is currently the manager of Ross County. Mackay, who played as a defender, began his playing career in Scottish football with Quee ...

- footballer * Mark Wilson - footballer * Alex Forsyth - footballer * Lawrence Shankland - footballer *

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- footballer *

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- footballer; manager of

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References

External links

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