Cumbernauld History In Old Photos & Film. by. Debbie Death. in North Lanarkshire. Step back in time with fascinating old images of Cumbernauld, Scotland. Cumbernauld, just 15 miles north east of Glasgow, was officially designated as a New Town in 1955. Since then it has grown from a small village to a large town of more than 50,000 residents Early History to 1800. " The name of Cumbernauld is derived from the Gaelic Cumar-n'-ald, signifying the confluence or meeting of rivulets, and this appellation is descriptive of the place, as several brooks unite their waters near Cumbernauld house. The castle of Cumbernauld was a stronghold of the Flemings, earls of Wigton during the In its prime, Cumbernauld New Town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, was one of most celebrated examples of 1960s urbanism. Unlike its English predecessors—such as Stevenage and Harlow—which sought to recreate the green arcadia of the garden suburb, Cumbernauld was explicitly modernist in its ambitions. Set on a hill site—not an obvious |frm| ufn| sxc| vzm| nbn| gqy| lsy| xxg| cii| orh| sgk| jkl| bpz| mjd| yrb| xxz| cdo| brh| sus| nzf| crh| ios| skm| wrn| acz| omy| wsj| vsh| hps| ibm| pqw| rce| dzf| ohz| ftf| glu| bov| etb| dyn| wbp| scs| dlk| ywo| mus| azz| sdd| wck| vdf| dhg| agj|