Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Auchenloch

Auchenloch, a village in Cadder parish, Lanarkshire, 1 mile SSE of Lenzie Junction, thence 6¼ miles NE of Glasgow. It has a public school, with accommodation for 81 children, an average attendance (1879) of 48, and a grant of £38,1s.; near it is the Glasgow Convalescent Home, instituted in 1864 for 67 inmates.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cadder ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty
Place: Auchinloch

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