Auchinloch
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Auchinloch is a village in North Lanarkshire
, near Lenzie
in Scotland
. The village's name - "Field of the Loch" - derives from its proximity to a small loch locally called the "Gadloch
". Industrialization came in the 1880s, with the opening of the Lumloch Colliery, and then in the 1920s Wester Auchengeich Colliery. The latter closed in 1968.
Just outside Auchinloch is the Wallace Well, also Cardyke Farm Shelter, a branch of Cats Protection
.
was one of the worst within the UK in the 20th century, widowing 41 women and leaving 76 children without a father.
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also borders Stirling, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, West Lothian and South Lanarkshire...
, near Lenzie
Lenzie
Lenzie is a small town by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. It is about six miles north-east of Glasgow city centre and one mile south of Kirkintilloch. It has a population of about 10,000.-Name:...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The village's name - "Field of the Loch" - derives from its proximity to a small loch locally called the "Gadloch
Gadloch
The Gadloch is a fresh water loch situated at the edge of the town of Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland....
". Industrialization came in the 1880s, with the opening of the Lumloch Colliery, and then in the 1920s Wester Auchengeich Colliery. The latter closed in 1968.
Just outside Auchinloch is the Wallace Well, also Cardyke Farm Shelter, a branch of Cats Protection
Cats Protection
Cats Protection, formerly The Cats Protection League, is a UK charity dedicated to rescuing and rehoming stray, unwanted or homeless cats and educating people about cats and cat welfare. The organisation was founded as The Cats Protection League on May 16, 1927 at a meeting in Caxton Hall, London...
.
The Village
Auchinloch is home to the school, Auchinloch Primary, the present school building dates to the 1930s whilst the original 19th century school building still remains to the east of the village and now serves as the village hall. There is also a small corner shop, where the Asian shopkeeper Gurmit Basra was found murdered on 29 December, 1999. The shop has since re-opened. Auchinloch Community Centre lies at the top of the village, near the local pub, the Golden Pheasant. There is also a Bowling Green in the village.Auchengeich mining disaster
In September 1959, 47 men lost their lives in a coal mine near the village of Auchengeich when a faulty fan purifying the air in the colliery went on fire due to an electrical fault. The men were in bogies travelling to the coal face to start work, and due to the intense smoke they were abandoned just a few hundred yards from safety. The mine was eventually flooded to put out the fire; there was only one survivor from the crews. The Mining accidentMining accident
A mining accident is an accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals.Thousands of miners die from mining accidents each year, especially in the processes of coal mining and hard rock mining...
was one of the worst within the UK in the 20th century, widowing 41 women and leaving 76 children without a father.