The Murray is a residential neighbourhood in the

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East Kilbride East Kilbride (; ), sometimes referred to as EK, is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. Historically a small village, it was designated Scotland's first "new town" on 6 Ma ...

, in

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, Scotland; it lies immediately to the south of the town centre (access for pedestrians is mainly via

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es beneath the A726 Queensway), and adjacent to the Westwood, Greenhills and Whitehills neighbourhoods to the west, south-west and south-east respectively.

History

The Murray was the first

neighbourhood development in the area and as such contains some of the oldest state-built housing in the town. However, much of this has since underwent renovation to improve its condition. Much of the original housing was relied upon by

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, as it was essential accommodation for attracting the workers needed to serve in the firm's factory. Among the first generation of children to live there was the actor John Hannah. Like the other original neighbourhoods in East Kilbride new town, it contains a mix of Modernist groupings of geometrical flats as well as more traditional tenemental blocks, and individual houses in terraces and semi-detached pairs. Two

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s stand on the northern periphery close to the town centre called Dunlop Tower and Lister Tower. The Murray Recreation Area and Headhouse Greenway park, and a neighbourhood 'square' of local shops and facilities, provides the essential cohort of community offerings.East Kilbride's Murray Square becoming "no go zone"
Daily Record, 4 July 2019

Streets

Most of the streets in the area are named for prominent Scots, such as: * Livingstone Drive:

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, Christian medical missionary 1813–1873 * Owen Avenue:

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, Scottish-born U.S. social reformer and anti-slavery campaigner 1801–1877 * Bell Green:

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, 1847–1922 * Telford Road:

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, engineer and bridge builder 1757–1834 * Liddell Grove: Eric Henry Liddell (1902–1945), athlete * Dale Avenue:

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Mills * Slessor Drive:

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(1848–1915), missionary and advocate of woman's rights * Simpson Drive: James Young Simpson (1811–1870), physician

Name

The definite article in the name is well attested. 'The Murray' appears on most maps, development records, street signs, and historical literature. This seems to have originated from the need to distinguish Murray farm (High Murray) from other Murray steadings in the area, but it was also common for most farms in the area long ago to make use of the definite article as part of the normal vernacular style. This usage was retained in the neighbourhood name.

References

Areas of East Kilbride {{SouthLanarkshire-geo-stub