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Chryston

Coordinates: 55°54′22″N 4°06′36″W / 55.906°N 4.110°W / 55.906; -4.110
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Chryston
Village
Chryston Parish Church
Chryston is located in North Lanarkshire
Chryston
Chryston
Location within North Lanarkshire
Population3,100 (2020)[1]
OS grid referenceNS681701
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG69 9
Dialling code01236
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55°54′22″N 4°06′36″W / 55.906°N 4.110°W / 55.906; -4.110

Chryston is a village in North Lanarkshire, around 7 miles (11 km) east of Glasgow, in Scotland. It lies north of its sister village, Muirhead, which is on the A80.[2] The village has around double Muirhead's population, although the exact boundary between the two modern villages is difficult to find.

History

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Blaeu's map[3] based on Pont's original[4] "Glasgow and the county of Lanark" map c.1596 depicting Chriſtoun (Chryston) north-west of Gartcaiſh (Gartcosh).
Map of Chryston in the early 1900s

The etymology of the name is uncertain but may refer to the "town of Cristinus".[5] Several old documents show Chryston with various spellings including maps by Timothy Pont,[6] William Forrest, Thomas Richardson,[7] and William Roy.[8]

In the 18th century, Chryston had one of the four schools in the parish of Cadder. William Barclay, himself a school teacher, reported the low pay of his profession in the Old Statistical Account.[9]

One gazetteer, Samuel Lewis, from around 1846, describes a recently established library. He quotes 555 inhabitants.[10] The same publication also stated that Chyston was a quoad sacra parish including the villages of Mollinsburn, Moodiesburn, Muirhead and the hamlet of Auchinloch. Even today Moodiesburn is often included in the Chryston district: Devro headquarters has Chryston as its official address, and Moodiesburn's Stoneyetts Hospital (originally part of East Muckcroft within the "Woodilee Estate") was sometimes listed under Chryston.[11][12]

On Friday 18 September 1959, 47 miners lost their lives in the Auchengeich mining disaster at Auchengeich Colliery situated in nearby Moodiesburn.

Chryston High School is a six-year non-denominational secondary school situated on Lindsaybeg Road.[13]

Demography

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Groome's Gazetteer gives historical statistics including population.[14] The 1891 and 1901 statistics include Muirhead.[15]

Year Chryston Population Quoad Sacra Parish Population
1836[16] 374 _
1841 _ 2,670
1846 555 _
1861 582 _
1871 486 3,203
1881 464 3,240
1891 899 _
1901 1,102 _

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Population estimates for settlements and localities in Scotland: mid-2020". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "OS 25 inch 1892-1949". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. ^ Blaeu, Joan. "Glottiana Praefectura Inferior". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Chryston on Pont 34". Maps of Scotland. Timothy Pont (16th century). Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. ^ Drummond, Peter, John (2014). An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin (PDF). Glasgow: Glasgow University. p. 155. Retrieved 3 July 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Christoun on Pont's Map". NLS. Pont. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Old County Maps". NLS. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Roy's map of the Lowlands". NLS. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  9. ^ Barclay, William (1791). The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes (Vol 8 ed.). Edinburgh: W. Creech. pp. 480–481. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  10. ^ Lewis, Samuel (1846). A topographical dictionary of Scotland ... London: S. Lewis and Co. p. 198. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  11. ^ Stoneyetts Hospital, Glasgow. The National Archives. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  12. ^ Tough, Alistair (23 July 1998). "NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Archives: Records". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  13. ^ "Chryston High School – #WeAreChrystonHighSchool".
  14. ^ Groome, Francis Hindes (1882). Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical (Vol 1 ed.). Edinburgh: T.C. Jack. p. 261. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  15. ^ Eleventh decennial census of the population of Scotland taken 31st March 1901, with report : volume I. HMSO. 1902. p. 278. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  16. ^ The new statistical account of Scotland by Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy. Vol. 6. Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons. 1836. p. 408.