Coatbridge
Coordinates: 55°51′45″N 4°01′36″W / 55.8625°N 4.0266°W
Coatbridge is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
| Coatbridge | |
| Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid a' Chòta | |
| Scots: Cotbrig[1] or Coatbrig[2] | |
 Coatbridge coat of arms |
|
 Coatbridge shown within North Lanarkshire | |
| Area | 6.818 sq mi (17.66 km2) |
|---|---|
| Population | 41,170 (2001 Census) |
| - Density | 6,038/sq mi (2,331/km2) |
| OS grid reference | NS730651 |
| - Edinburgh | 33 mi (53 km) ENE |
| - London | 341 mi (549 km) SSE |
| Council area | North Lanarkshire |
| Lieutenancy area | Lanarkshire |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | COATBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | ML5 |
| Dialling code | 01236 |
| Police | Strathclyde |
| Fire | Strathclyde |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill |
| Scottish Parliament | Coatbridge and Chryston |
| Central Scotland | |
Today the town is a working class town near to Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The town has also been described as "uniquely populated largely by people of Irish descent", meaning that there are many people from Irish families.[3]
Coatbridge Media
Pont's "Nether Warde of Clyds-dail" map c. 1654 which depicts the hamlets of Kirkwood, Dunpelder, Wheatflet, Dunbath, Gartshary in the modern day Coatbridge area
Map of the Coatbridge area dated 1858
Summerlee blast furnaces at the start of the 20th century Coatbridge. The present day Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life is sited here.
The Whitelaw Fountain in Coatbridge during the 1930s
View of Coatbridge from the east. Landmarks from left to right are: Gartsherrie Academy, Gartsherrie Church, Coatbridge Library, Canal Bridge, High Coats & Dunbeth Court flats.
St Patrick's Day celebrations in Coatbridge, 2009
Cliftonhill, home of Albion Rovers
Children's fun run in Drumpellier Country Park
References
- ↑ The Online Scots Dictionary[dead link]
- ↑ Scots Language Centre: Scottish Place Names in Scots
- ↑ Sport and the Contestation of Ethnic Identity: Football and Irishness in Scotland in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies - Joseph M. Bradley (2006) p.15
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