Queenzieburn

Queenzieburn (Scots: Queenieburn)[1] is a small settlement formerly in Stirlingshire but now lies within North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its estimated population is 520.[2] It is located near the town of Kilsyth and has a small industrial estate. The village has one school called Chapelgreen Primary. Senior pupils usually attend Kilsyth Academy.

Queenzieburn

Queenzieburn viewed from the west
Queenzieburn
Location within North Lanarkshire
Population520 
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGlasgow
Postcode districtG65
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament

Etymology

Queenzieburn is pronounced /kwiːnibɜːrn/. This is due to the original Scots spelling, Queenȝieburn, containing the letter yogh, which was later erroneously confused with the tailed z. The meaning may be ‘stream, of the wedge place’.[3]

Notable residents

Entertainer Janette Tough who, along with her husband Ian, make up the comedy duo the Krankies, grew up in Queenzieburn.[4]

Queenzieburn and Kilsyth from the air. The four main vertical lines looking roughly eastwards at the bottom of the picture are: Glasgow Road through Queenzieburn and Kilsyth, the line of the old Kelvin Valley Railway Line near Gavell Station,[5] the River Kelvin, and the Forth and Clyde Canal

References
  1. "The Online Scots Dictionary". Scots Online. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. "Estimated population of localities by broad age groups, mid-2012" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. Drummond, Peter, John (2014). An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin (PDF). Glasgow: Glasgow University. p. 278. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  4. https://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/get-well-soon-wee-jimmy-1-356368
  5. "25 inch O.S. Map with Bing slider". N.L.S. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 13 February 2018.


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