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Kirkintilloch (/ ˌ k ɜːr k ɪ n ˈ t ɪ l ə x /; Scots: Kirkintulloch; Scottish Gaelic: Cair Cheann Tulaich) [5] [6] is a town and former barony burgh in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. [7] It lies on the Forth and Clyde Canal and on the south side of Strathkelvin, about 8 miles (13 km) northeast of central Glasgow.
The scheme for classifying buildings in Scotland is: Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic; or fine, little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type." [1]
Local government in Scotland was reorganised again in 1996, with the regions and districts abolished and replaced with unitary council areas. Two of the new council areas include Dunbartonshire in their name. Since 1996 the area of the pre-1975 county of Dunbartonshire has been split between four council areas:
Scotland 55°56′01″N 4°07′09″W / 55.9337°N 4.1193°W / 55.9337; - Waterside is a small village next to Kirkintilloch , East Dunbartonshire , on the eastern outskirts.
The new town of Cumbernauld is approximately 15 miles north-east of Glasgow.This constituency brings together areas from North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire councils. . The western, mostly rural, areas including Lennoxtown, Milton of Campsie, Twechar and the Campsie hills are joined in the east and south by the eastern wards from Kirkintilloch and the entire towns of Cumbernauld and Kilsy
From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish councils from 1894 until 1930.. The parishes, which had their origins in the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland, often overlapped county boundaries, largely because they reflected earlier territorial divisions.
East Dunbartonshire was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which abolished the regions and districts which had been created in 1975, replacing them with unitary council areas.
Scotland 55°55′41″N 4°07′59″W / 55.928°N 4.133°W / 55.928; Woodilee Village is an enlargement to the town of Lenzie in the Kirkintilloch area.