Glenboig

Glenboig (Scottish Gaelic: An Gleann Bhog) is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland lying north of Coatbridge and to the south east of Kirkintilloch and is approximately 15 miles from Glasgow City Centre.

Historically the settlement formed the south eastern extremity of the ancient Gaelic province of the Lennox (Scottish Gaelic: An Leamhnachd) which lay roughly within the former county of Dunbartonshire.

Glenboig's only railway station closed in 1956.

Glenboig's infamous brick making industries ceased after the closure of the last brickworks, P&M (Peter & Mark) Hurll's following the company's liquidation in July 1980. The local coal mining ceased by December 1981 (after the closure of Bedlay Colliery in the nearby village of Annathill).

The village's first school was built between 1875 and 1876 and which has since been demolished.

Glenboig's main industry was Fireclay, centred on the General Refractories and Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Star Fireclay Works, which made refractory products for the steel and iron industries. Aerial photographs of the works are available. However another important spoke in the industrial revolution was its railways. The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway was started in 1824, and opened in 1826, running from Palacecraig up through Coatbridge and Gartsherrie, and immediately to the east of Glenboig village. It claims to be Scotland's first actual "railway", putting it among the first few in the world. A few years later, in 1831, the Glasgow and Garnkirk line opened, running on the other side of Glenboig, joining the Monkland and Kirkintilloch at Gartsherrie. These were the earlier Scottish lines to use locomotives. Both were built almost exclusively to carry coal but each, however, developed an increasing volume of other freight and of passenger traffic.

On December 11th 1981, Bedlay Colliery in the nearby village of Annathill was closed under the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher.

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