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    Bearsden and Milngavie (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Phàdraig Ùr agus Muileann Dhaibhidh) was, from 1975 to 1996, one of nineteen local government districts...
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    from the city. In 1863, the Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway opened, with a station near New Kirk called Bearsden. This was soon adopted as the name...
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    Dunbartonshire covered the area of the abolished Bearsden and Milngavie and Strathkelvin districts (except the Chryston and Auchinloch area from the latter, which...
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    northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about ten kilometres (six miles) from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden. Milngavie is a commuter town, with much...
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    Bearsden Academy is a non-denominational, state secondary school in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. In 1911, the school was situated on the corner...
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    electoral wards used to form Clydebank and Milngavie are listed below. Milngavie (East Dunbartonshire) Bearsden North (East Dunbartonshire) Kilpatrick...
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  • Deputy Lieutenant and was created a life peer with the title Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, in the District of Bearsden and Milngavie, for the Conservative...
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    Elections to Bearsden and Milngavie Council were held in May 1992, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the...
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    Strathclyde (category States and territories disestablished in 1996)
    of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The Strathclyde...
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    council from Strathkelvin and the adjacent district of Bearsden and Milngavie; with Kirkintilloch is its administrative centre and the council's headquarters...
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    District, and the Bearsden and Milngavie District wards of Barloch, Clober, Craigdhu, and Keystone. 1997–2005: Clydebank District, and the Bearsden and Milngavie...
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    Dundee District less Monifieth and Sidlaw areas City of Edinburgh: Edinburgh District East Dunbartonshire: Bearsden and Milngavie District, Strathkelvin District...
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    Bennie Railplane (category Milngavie)
    trial stretch of track over a 130-yard (119-metre) line at Milngavie, off the Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway, with one railplane car to demonstrate...
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    Dunbartonshire being divided between Dumbarton, Bearsden and Milngavie, Clydebank, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Strathkelvin Districts. The combined area of...
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    Kilpatrick Hills (category Mountains and hills of West Dunbartonshire)
    Clydebank, Bearsden and Milngavie. The majority of the range is within West Dunbartonshire, although it extends into the East Dunbartonshire and Stirling...
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    Strathkelvin and Bearsden is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past...
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    following wards of the East Dunbartonshire: Bearsden North, Bearsden South, Bishopbriggs South and Milngavie from the East Dunbartonshire constituency As...
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    and the Bearsden & Milngavie District electoral division of Kilmardinny. 1997–2005: The Strathclyde Regional Council electoral divisions of Bearsden,...
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  • council areas and their committee areas. They also differ from other subdivisions of Scotland including sheriffdoms and former regions and districts. The...
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    Bearsden railway station serves Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The railway station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Argyle...
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    Douglas Academy (category Milngavie)
    mera-milngavie.co.uk. Mains Estate Residents Association. Retrieved 24 October 2020. East Dunbartonshire Archives A Short History of Mains. Bearsden & Milngavie...
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    of the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency and some of the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency and some of the Coatbridge and Chryston constituency...
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    Catholic Secondary School within Milton area, and the children of Catholic families of Bearsden and Milngavie went to John Paul Academy. Opened in 1982 by...
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    districts, and each sheriff court is presided over by a resident or floating sheriff (a legally qualified judge). Sheriffs principal and resident or...
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  • from Helensburgh; originally known as Milngavie Junction. The line from Milngavie to Hillfoot and from Bearsden to Westerton Junction is single line....
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  • (Scotland) Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994. The 1973 Act created a system of nine two-tier regions and three islands...
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    1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 when a system of regions and districts replaced them. The district in which the abolished area was included...
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    West of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region) (category Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999–2011)
    Clydebank and Milngavie; Cunninghame North; Cunninghame South; Dumbarton; Eastwood; Greenock and Inverclyde; Paisley; Renfrewshire North and West; Renfrewshire...
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    trains on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines. It is sited between Milngavie and Bearsden, 7 miles 66 chains (12.6 km) from Glasgow Queen Street, measured...
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    Scottish town of Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire, near Glasgow. It is at the junction of Glasgow Road which carries the A81 through the city, and Baldernock...
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