Condorrat
Encyclopedia
Condorrat is a village on the eastern edges of Dunbartonshire
in Scotland
. The village origins dates to around the 17th century. Over the past few decades it has been subsumed by the new town
of Cumbernauld
.
Up until 1975 Condorrat sat within Cumbernauld Burgh and Dunbartonshire County. Upon local government re-organisation in 1975 it found itself part of Cumbernauld & Kilsyth District Council and Strathclyde Regional Council. Finally, in 1995, it was placed within the boundaries of the newly created North Lanarkshire
Council.
The area's name coming from the Gaelic "Comh Dobhair Alt", which means the joint river place (the river Luggie meets the Moss Water in the area).
A Dalshannon Farm was located in the area, and it now gives its name to another part of Cumbernauld, Dalshannon, to the West of Condorrat.
Condorrat is the birthplace of the 19th century nationalist figure John Baird, a leading participant in the Radical War
of 1820. A plaque is mounted outside the house in which he was born (Airdrie Road).
Condorrat was a weaving community and some of the early single storey houses still exist in the row known as Braehead Cottages - now much modernised. At the west end of the village is Dalshannon Farm which is a very good example of a long house
of the 17th century. The longhouse has since been raised in height and a 2 storey block added to the NW corner.
Dunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire or the County of Dumbarton is a lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Until 1975 it was a county used as a primary unit of local government with its county town and administrative centre at the town...
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 origins dates to around the 17th century. Over the past few decades it has been subsumed by the new town
New town
A new town is a specific type of a planned community, or planned city, that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are uncommon in new...
of Cumbernauld
Cumbernauld
Cumbernauld is a Scottish new town in North Lanarkshire. It was created in 1956 as a population overspill for Glasgow City. It is the eighth most populous settlement in Scotland and the largest in North Lanarkshire...
.
Up until 1975 Condorrat sat within Cumbernauld Burgh and Dunbartonshire County. Upon local government re-organisation in 1975 it found itself part of Cumbernauld & Kilsyth District Council and Strathclyde Regional Council. Finally, in 1995, it was placed within the boundaries of the newly created North Lanarkshire
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...
Council.
The area's name coming from the Gaelic "Comh Dobhair Alt", which means the joint river place (the river Luggie meets the Moss Water in the area).
A Dalshannon Farm was located in the area, and it now gives its name to another part of Cumbernauld, Dalshannon, to the West of Condorrat.
Condorrat is the birthplace of the 19th century nationalist figure John Baird, a leading participant in the Radical War
Radical War
The Radical War, also known as the Scottish Insurrection of 1820, was a week of strikes and unrest, a culmination of Radical demands for reform in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which had become prominent in the early years of the French Revolution, but had then been repressed...
of 1820. A plaque is mounted outside the house in which he was born (Airdrie Road).
Condorrat was a weaving community and some of the early single storey houses still exist in the row known as Braehead Cottages - now much modernised. At the west end of the village is Dalshannon Farm which is a very good example of a long house
Long house
A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building built by peoples in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe and North America....
of the 17th century. The longhouse has since been raised in height and a 2 storey block added to the NW corner.