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The history of Coatbridge, Scotland, is one of dramatic change. The town transformed from an obscure group of 18th century Lanarkshire hamlets strung out on the road between Glasgow and Airdrie to a world leading centre of iron production in the 19th century. Development took off at an incredible rate in the 19th century and led to massive ...
Coatbridge CC became the first amateur football club to win the Scottish Cup and the West of Scotland cup in the same season. Coatbridge Bowling Club (founded 1849) celebrates its 175th anniversary in 2024 and is the oldest sports club in the town. It is situated in Bowling Street, in the Blairhill area of Coatbridge.
During the 19th century these hamlets grew into the modern-day town of Coatbridge. A number of these hamlets constitute the neighbourhoods of Coatbridge. Overlaid on the older hamlets are modern-day council estates built as a part of programme of social housing construction in the 1930s and 1950s.
The Coatbridge accent has been categorised as generally less usage of the Scots tongue and the tendency to stress the 'a' vowel differently, e.g. stair (sterr), hair (herr), fair (ferr) etc. and this is attributed to the impact of successive influxes of Irish immigrants, particularly from Ulster.
The NBR already had a line from Edinburgh via Bathgate to Coatbridge, partly inherited from the Monkland Railways, and this completed an Edinburgh to Glasgow route slightly shorter than the former E&GR main line; however curvature and gradients condemned the Bathgate and Coatbridge route to secondary status. [2] [page needed]
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Railway Bridge Over Coatbridge Cross 55°51′44″N 4°01′48″W / 55.862196°N 4.029899°W / 55.862196; -4.029899 ( Railway Bridge Over Coatbridge Category B
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