Editing Cambuslang

{{Short description|Scottish locality south of Glasgow}}
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'''Cambuslang''' {{IPAc-en|audio=Cambuslang.ogg|'|k|æ|m|b|ə|s|'|l|æ|ŋ}} ({{langx|sco|Cammuslang}}, from {{langx|gd|Camas Lang}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=1547 |title=Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database |website=Gaelicplacenames.org |access-date=2014-01-26 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221184232/http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=1547 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of [[Greater Glasgow]], Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th largest town in Scotland by population,<ref name="NRS2016">{{cite web|title=Mid-2016 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland|url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/settlements-localities/set-loc-16/tabs/2016-pop-est-sett-local-alltabs.xlsx|website=National Records of Scotland|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref> although, never having had a town hall, it may also be considered the largest village in Scotland. It is within the local authority area of [[South Lanarkshire]] and directly borders the town of [[Rutherglen]] to the west. Historically, it was a large [[Civil parishes in Scotland|civil parish]] incorporating the nearby hamlets of [[Newton, South Lanarkshire|Newton]], Flemington, [[Westburn, South Lanarkshire|Westburn]] and [[Halfway, Cambuslang|Halfway]].<ref>The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland. 1854. Vol.I. (AAN-GORDON) by Rev. John Marius Wilson. pp.233-235</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/imperialgazettee01wils|title=The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland; or, Dictionary of Scottish topography|first=John Marius|last=Wilson|date=11 November 2017|publisher=Edinburgh A. Fullarton|access-date=11 November 2017|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>[https://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parfirst817.html Parish of Cambuslang], [[Gazetteer for Scotland]]</ref>

Cambuslang is located just south of the [[River Clyde]] and about {{convert|6|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} southeast of the centre of Glasgow. It has a long history of [[coal mining]], from at least 1490, [[iron working|iron and steel making]], and ancillary engineering works, most recently [[The Hoover Company]] (in the town from 1946 to 2005).<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/two-towns-slug-it-out-on-the-jobs-see-saw-dijon-and-cambuslang-once-shared-an-employer-now-ones-gain-1471573.html Two towns slug it out on the jobs see-saw: Dijon and Cambuslang once shared an employer. Now one's gain is the other's loss. James Cusick reports], The Independent, 7 February 1993</ref><ref>[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/end-era-demolition-work-2630044 End of an era as demolition work underway], Daily Record, 27 August 2008</ref> The [[Clydebridge Steelworks]] and other smaller manufacturing businesses continue but most employment in the area comes from the distribution or service industries. The [[Scottish Fire and Rescue Service National Training Centre|headquarters]] of the [[Scottish Fire and Rescue Service]] is in Cambuslang.
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==History==
{{main|History of Cambuslang}}
The local geography of Cambuslang explains a great deal of its history.<ref name=arthur/> It has been very prosperous over time, depending first upon its agricultural land (supplying food, then [[wool]], then [[linen]]), then the mineral resources under its soil ([[limestone]] and [[coal]] and to some extent, [[iron]]).<ref name=vob>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/16359|title=Cambuslang Lanarkshire|website=[[Great Britain Historical GIS#A Vision of Britain through Time|A Vision of Britain through Time]]|via=[[University of Portsmouth]] |access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref> These were guarded by the [[History_of_Christianity#High_Middle_Ages_(c._1000–1300)|medieval Church]], and later by the local aristocracy, particularly the [[Duke of Hamilton]] (previously [[Baron]]s of [[Cadzow]] and [[Earl of Arran (Scotland)|Earls of Arran]]).

[[File:The Clock Inn - geograph.org.uk - 1230033.jpg|thumb|left|The ''Clock Inn'' bar, junction of Main Street and Greenlees Road]]
[[File:Flats Between Cathkin and Cambuslang - geograph.org.uk - 96830.jpg|thumb|left|Modern tenements in the [[Whitlawburn]] housing scheme – demolished in the early 2020s]]
Because of its relative prosperity, Cambuslang has been intimately concerned in the politics of the country (through the Hamilton connection) and of the [[Cambuslang clergy|local Church]]. [[John Cameron (Scottish bishop)|Bishop John Cameron of Glasgow]],{{sfn|Meek|1791|p=[https://archive.org/details/b21365799_005/page/266/mode/2up 266]}} and [[David Beaton|Cardinal Beaton]],  were both [[Apostolic rector|Rectors]] of Cambuslang. This importance continued following the [[Protestant Reformation]]. From then until the [[Glorious Revolution]] a stream of Ministers of Cambuslang came, were expelled, or were re-instated, according to whether supporters of the King, [[Covenanters]], or [[Oliver Cromwell]] were in power. The [[First Great Awakening|religious movements of the 18th century]], including the [[Cambuslang Work|Cambuslang Wark]],<ref name=vob/><ref name=arthur>[https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200165/local_and_family_history/617/cambuslang_and_king_arthur Local and family history: Cambuslang and King Arthur], [[South Lanarkshire Council]]</ref> were directly linked to similar movements in North America. The [[Scottish Enlightenment]] was well represented in the person of Rev Dr [[James Meek (minister)|James Meek]], the Minister. His troubles with his parishioners foreshadowed the [[Disruption of 1843|split in the Church of Scotland]] during the 19th century.

The manufacturing industries that grew up from the agricultural and mineral resources attracted immigrants from all over Scotland and Ireland and other European countries. Cambuslang benefited at all times from its closeness to the burgeoning city of Glasgow, brought closer in the 18th century by a [[Toll road|turnpike road]] then, in the 19th century, by a [[railway]]. In the 21st century, it continues to derive benefit from its proximity to Glasgow and to wider communication networks, particularly via the [[A74(M) and M74 motorways|M74]] motorway system. Its increasing (and increasingly diverse) population posed problems, over the centuries, of employment and housing as well as of schooling and health, not all of which have been solved;<ref name="deprived16"/><ref name="shock18"/><ref name=poorest20/> in this regard, it is fairly typical of most Scottish towns.

In sport, [[Cambuslang F.C.]] were founder members of the [[Scottish Football League]] whose most notable achievement was being the runners-up in the [[1887–88 Scottish Cup]]. They folded by the early 20th century, as did [[Scottish Junior Cup]] winners [[Cambuslang Hibernian]], but a new team [[Cambuslang Rangers F.C.]] was established and continues to this day – they enjoyed great success in the 1970s.

==Governance==
===Westminster===
Cambuslang is in the [[Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen Constituency]] for elections to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] at [[Palace of Westminster|Westminster]], having been within [[Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen and Hamilton West]] between 2005 and 2024.

As of October 2023, [[Michael Shanks (politician)|Michael Shanks]] of the [[Scottish Labour Party]] is the local MP.<ref>[https://news.stv.tv/west-central/scottish-labours-michael-shanks-beats-snp-to-win-rutherglen-and-hamilton-west-by-election Scottish Labour wins key Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election], Craig Meighan, STV News, 6 October 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/06/labour-beats-snp-in-rutherglen-and-hamilton-west-byelection-michael-shanks ‘Seismic night in Scotland’: Labour crushes SNP in Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection], Libby Brooks, The Guardian, 6 October 2023</ref> He won [[2023 Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election|a by-election]] after the previous incumbent [[Margaret Ferrier]], latterly an [[independent (politician)|independent]], was removed in a [[recall petition]].<ref>{{cite news |date=6 June 2023|title=Margaret Ferrier suspended from Commons over Covid rule breach |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-65702252 |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/by-election-to-be-held-after-covid-rule-breaker-mp-margaret-ferrier-loses-seat-12931637|title=By-election to be held after COVID rule-breaker MP Margaret Ferrier loses seat|last=Mitchell|first=James|date=1 August 2023|work=[[Sky News]]|access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> Ferrier won the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/S14000056 |title=Election 2015: Rutherglen & Hamilton West |website = [[BBC News]] |date=8 May 2015 | access-date = 11 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-hamilton-west-election-results-5658514 |title=Rutherglen and Hamilton West election results: SNP's Margaret Ferrier takes Labour hotspot with 52 per cent of the vote |first=Douglas |last=Dickie |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] / [[Rutherglen Reformer]] |publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=11 July 2017}}</ref> and [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] elections representing the [[Scottish National Party]],<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/S14000056 Election 2019: Rutherglen & Hamilton West] BBC News, 13 December 2019</ref><ref name="BBCnewFerrier1Oct20">{{cite news |title=MP Margaret Ferrier's Covid Parliament trip 'indefensible' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54379026 |access-date=1 October 2020 |work=BBC News |date=1 October 2020}}</ref> with Labour's [[Ged Killen]] serving from [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]] to 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-hamilton-west-election-results-5658514 |title=Labour gain first Scottish seat from SNP in election |first=Aiden |last=Kerr |publisher =[[STV Group (Scotland)|STV Group]] |date=9 June 2017 |access-date=11 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/labour-takes-rutherglen-hamilton-west-10590345 |title=Labour takes Rutherglen and Hamilton West |first=Murray |last=Spooner |newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] / [[Rutherglen Reformer]] |publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] |date=9 June 2017 |access-date=11 July 2017}}</ref> Michael Shanks retained the seat comfortably when the revived Rutherglen constituency was first contested in [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/S14000104 Election 2024 {{!}} Rutherglen results], BBC News, 5 July 2024</ref>

===Holyrood===
Cambuslang was originally in the [[Glasgow Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Rutherglen Constituency]] for the [[Scottish Parliament]] at Holyrood. In 2011 the boundaries were redrawn and the new constituency renamed simply ''[[Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen]]'', despite its boundaries taking in not only Cambuslang but also [[Blantyre, South Lanarkshire|Blantyre]].

In the [[2016 Scottish Parliament election|2016]] election, [[Clare Haughey]] won the seat for the SNP with 15,222 votes, giving a majority of 11.4%, replacing [[James Kelly (Scottish politician)|James Kelly]] who had been elected both in [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007]] and [[2011 Scottish Parliament election|2011]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-parliament-election-2016-constituency-result-rutherglen-1-4120176 |title=Scottish Parliament election 2016 constituency result: Rutherglen |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=6 May 2016 |access-date=11 July 2017}}</ref> Haughey was re-elected in [[2021 Scottish Parliament election|2021]] with a slightly increased majority. Kelly remained in the Parliament as a 'list member' for the [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow region]], elected on a [[proportional representation]] basis, until 2021.

===South Lanarkshire Council===
Administratively, the town centre is within the [[Cambuslang West (ward)|Cambuslang West]] ward of [[South Lanarkshire Council]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Ward map 13 - Cambuslang West|url=https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/1002/ward_map_13_-_cambuslang_west.pdf|publisher=[[South Lanarkshire Council]]|date=4 May 2017|access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotland.police.uk/your-community/lanarkshire/east-kilbride-cambuslang-and-rutherglen/cambuslang-west/|title=Cambuslang West|publisher=[[Police Scotland]]|access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> which has a population of around 15,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://citypopulation.de/php/uk-wards-scotland.php?adm1id=S12000029|title=South Lanarkshire|website=City Population|date=30 June 2016|access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> Taking [[Cambuslang East (ward)|another ward encompassing the eastern parts of the town]] into consideration,<ref>{{cite web|title=Map ward 14 - Cambuslang East|url=https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/1003/map_ward_14_-_cambuslang_east.pdf|publisher=[[South Lanarkshire Council]]|date=4 May 2017|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> its overall population was approximately 30,000 in 2016. With neighbouring [[Rutherglen]]'s figures being very similar,<ref>{{cite web|title=Map ward 11 - Rutherglen South|url=https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/1000/map_ward_11_-_rutherglen_south.pdf|publisher=[[South Lanarkshire Council]]|date=4 May 2017|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Map ward 12 - Rutherglen Central and North|url=https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/1001/map_ward_12_-_rutherglen_central_and_north.pdf|publisher=[[South Lanarkshire Council]]|date=4 May 2017|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> the many services and amenities shared between the towns should provide for 60,000 residents, many assessed as living in economic hardship.<ref name="deprived16">[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/rutherglen-cambuslang-communities-top-list-8784233 Rutherglen and Cambuslang communities at top of list of most deprived areas in Scotland], Edel Kenealy, Daily Record, 8 September 2016</ref><ref name="shock18">[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/shock-stats-show-rutherglen-more-13754744.amp Shock stats show Rutherglen has more unemployment, highest rate of alcohol and drug admissions and more social work referrals than anywhere else in South Lanarkshire], Daily Record, 19 December 2018</ref><ref name=poorest20>[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-cambuslang-areas-among-scotlands-21484294 Rutherglen and Cambuslang areas among Scotland's poorest, according to Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation stats], Daily Record, 12 February 2020</ref>

*South Lanarkshire Council election results detailing local wards: [[1995 South Lanarkshire Council election|1995]], [[1999 South Lanarkshire Council election|1999]]; [[2003 South Lanarkshire Council election|2003]]; [[2007 South Lanarkshire Council election|2007]]; [[2012 South Lanarkshire Council election|2012]]; [[2017 South Lanarkshire Council election|2017]]; [[2022 South Lanarkshire Council election|2022]].

==Geography==
[[File:CambuslangMap1923.jpg|thumb|left|Map of Cambuslang, published in 1923]]
[[File:Hallside. - geograph.org.uk - 13035.jpg|thumb|left|View north from [[Hallside]] towards [[Dechmont Hill]]]]
Cambuslang is located on a lengthy bend on the [[River Clyde]], south-east of Glasgow. The town is accessible from the nearby [[M74 motorway|M74]]; the nearby A724 links to Glasgow city centre and [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]]; the town is also accessible by car from [[East Kilbride]] by the [[A725 road|A725]], [[A749 road|A749]] and then the B759. The town's railway station, [[Cambuslang railway station|Cambuslang]], lies on the [[Argyle Line]] between central Glasgow and [[Lanark]].

[[John Robertson (Scottish minister)|The Reverend Dr John Robertson]], Minister of Cambuslang Kirk, described the Parish in the Second Statistical Account of Scotland 1845. ''"It is bounded by the Clyde on the north, which separates it from the Parish of [[Old Monkland]]; by the [[Rotten Calder|Calder]] on the east, which separates it from [[Blantyre, South Lanarkshire|Blantyre]]; by part of Blantyre and [[East Kilbride|Kilbryde]], on the south; and by [[Carmunnock]] and [[Rutherglen]] on the west."''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/link/1834-45/Lanark/Cambuslang/|title=Statistical Accounts of Scotland|website=Stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref> The highest points in this low-lying Parish are [[Dechmont Hill]] (602&nbsp;ft) and Turnlaw (or Turnlea) Hill (553&nbsp;ft.) There are remains of an [[Iron Age]] fort on Dechmont.<ref>[https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst11786.html Dechmont Hill], [[Gazetteer for Scotland]]</ref><ref>[https://canmore.org.uk/site/44867/dechmont-Hill Dechmont Hill], [[Canmore (database)|Canmore]]</ref><ref>[https://blantyreproject.com/2014/06/ruins-on-dechmont-hill Ruins on Dechmont Hill], The Blantyre Project, 29 June 2014</ref>

==Landmarks==
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{{see also|List of listed buildings in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire}}
[[File:Cambuslang Institute.JPG|thumb|Cambuslang Institute]]
Cambuslang has an interesting range of churches, public buildings, schools, industrial and commercial buildings (see [[Buildings of Cambuslang]]). Its domestic buildings range from 19th-century mansions, villas and tenements to modern flats and detached houses, along with sheltered and nursing homes.

===Sites===
[[Cambuslang Park]] spans {{convert|27|acre|ha}} encompassing the contrast of open parkland and the Borgie Glen, which is a steep tree-lined ravine, containing a complex network of pathways. The park also features a pond, sports pitches, war memorial (depicting a soldier in a kilt),<ref>[http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=425 Cambuslang], The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project</ref> woodland areas and the Bandstand, which is a natural amphitheatre, near where the famous [[Cambuslang Work|Cambuslang Wark]] took place in the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cambuslangpark.co.uk/parkhistory.html |title=Park History |website=Friends of Cambuslang Park |access-date=20 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720195129/http://www.cambuslangpark.co.uk/parkhistory.html |archive-date=20 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Education==
There is a range of schools in Cambuslang, and a history of further education colleges, although there are no longer any in the town.

===Primary schools===
[[Primary school]]s (''2022–23 pupil roll in parentheses'':<ref>[https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200189/our_primary_schools Our primary schools], [[South Lanarkshire Council]], retrieved 6 December 2022</ref> 
*Cairns Primary School (333)
*Hallside Primary School (254)
*James Aiton Primary School (148)
*Newton Farm Primary School (639)
*Park View Primary School (206)
*St Bride's Primary School (273)
*St Cadoc's Primary School (140)
*St Charles' Primary School (350)
*[[West Coats Primary School]] (409)

===Secondary schools===
*[[Cathkin High School]]<ref>[http://www.cathkin.s-lanark.sch.uk/school/policies/downloads/Cathkin%20High%20School%20Handbook%20%20%20January%202019%20final.docx Cathkin High School Handbook January 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203185442/http://www.cathkin.s-lanark.sch.uk/school/policies/downloads/Cathkin%20High%20School%20Handbook%20%20%20January%202019%20final.docx |date=3 February 2020 }}, Cathkin High School</ref> (1006)
*[[Trinity High School (Rutherglen)|Trinity High School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trinity.s-lanark.sch.uk/our-community/primary-schools/|title=Primary Schools|publisher=Trinity High School|access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> (1186)
*[[Rutherglen High School]] (additional support needs)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rutherglen.s-lanark.sch.uk/rhs_aboutus.htm#xl_about02|title=About our School|publisher=Rutherglen High School|access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> (110)

Some parts of Cambuslang are within the catchment area of [[Stonelaw High School]], which is situated in Rutherglen, the adjoining town.<ref name=about>{{cite web| url= http://www.stonelaw.s-lanark.sch.uk/stonelaw_aboutus.htm| title= Stonelaw High School: About Us|publisher=Stonelaw High School|access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.stv.tv/west-central/28143-parents-react-angrily-to-new-school-plans|title=Parents react angrily to new school plans|publisher=[[STV Group (Scotland)]]|date=25 November 2011|access-date=20 July 2018}}</ref> [[Uddingston Grammar School]], one train stop from Cambuslang on the [[Motherwell]] via Bellshill line, includes Newton Farm Primary in its catchment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/cambuslang-easts-240000-spent-uddingston-9940933|title=Cambuslang East's £240,000 to be spent at Uddingston Grammar|work=Daily Record|date=3 March 2017|access-date=20 July 2018}}</ref>

===Colleges===
[[File:Cambuslang4.jpg|thumb|[[Scottish Fire and Rescue Service]] headquarters and training centre, Cambuslang]]
Cambuslang College of the Building Trades was a specialist college established in the mid-twentieth century but it gradually expanded to teach other trades and academic subjects. It became Cambuslang College of Further Education in the 1960s, and went on to open a campus in East Kilbride, as well as facilities in Hamilton and Wishaw. A substantial annexe remained in Cambuslang on Hamilton Road, by now located in the former Gateside School.<ref>[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/the-end-of-an-era-2625444.amp The end of an era], Daily Record, 29 October 2008</ref><ref>[https://canmore.org.uk/site/282964/cambuslang-hamilton-road-south-lanarkshire-college-cambuslang-campus Cambuslang, Hamilton Road, South Lanarkshire College, Cambuslang Campus], Canmore</ref> Reflecting its wider geographical coverage, it became [[South Lanarkshire College]] in 2000. In 2008, the Cambuslang campus closed and all South Lanarkshire College facilities were moved to a new, custom-built campus in East Kilbride.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.south-lanarkshire-college.ac.uk/About-Us/History/college-history.html|title=College History|website=South-lanarkshire-college.ac.uk|access-date=26 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112234124/http://www.south-lanarkshire-college.ac.uk/About-Us/History/college-history.html|archive-date=12 November 2013}}</ref>

South Lanarkshire College has links with [[University of the West of Scotland]], Hamilton Campus, a degree-awarding higher education institution, {{convert|3|mi|0}} away in [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], so that local students can progress through to degrees.

As well as hosting the [[Scottish Fire and Rescue Service National Training Centre|headquarters]] of the [[Scottish Fire and Rescue Service]], the Scottish national training centre for firefighters is based in Cambuslang (having previously been located in [[Gullane]], [[East Lothian]]).

===Early schools in Cambuslang===
There has been a Parish school in Cambuslang at least since the [[Scottish Reformation|Reformation]], and probably before that. The schoolteacher was appointed and paid by the [[heritor]]s, though he also charged fees. Free [[primary education]] came with the Education Act for Scotland (1871). 
[[File:Cambuslang College of the Building Trades.jpg|thumb|left|Cambulang's original public school (1882) became Cambuslang College of the Building Trades and then subsequently a nursing home.]]

The original Cambuslang Public School can be seen on Greenlees Road, where it is now Greenlees Care Home. It had been for some time the Cambuslang College of the Building Trades, which became part of Cambuslang College (now [[South Lanarkshire College]] ). An even earlier school is now a Gospel Hall in Bushiehill Street.
[[File:Cambuslang Subscription School.JPG|thumb|right|Cambuslang Subscription School 1848, now a Gospel Hall]] 
The Cambuslang Subscription School of 1848 provided basic education to the children of miners and weavers in return for a few coppers. It was attractive to those who did not like the influence of the gentry and the minister on the parish school.

==Transport==
{{main|Cambuslang railway station}} There are three railway stations within the boundaries of Cambuslang - [[Cambuslang railway station|Cambuslang]] itself, on the [[Argyle Line]] section of the [[West Coast Main Line]], [[Kirkhill railway station|Kirkhill]] on the Newton branch of the [[Cathcart Circle Lines|Cathcart Circle]], and [[Newton (Lanark) railway station|Newton]], which is situated at a junction serving all of the aforementioned lines. Several bus routes pass through Cambuslang, with [[First Glasgow|First Bus Glasgow]] currently operating most services between Lanarkshire and Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.firstgroup.com/uploads/maps/First%20Glasgow%20Frequency.pdf |title=Frequency Guide |publisher=[[First Glasgow]] |date=1 January 2018 |access-date=17 January 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.firstgroup.com/uploads/maps/first-glasgow-map-2018.pdf |title=Glasgow Network Map |publisher=[[First Glasgow]] |date=1 January 2018 |access-date=17 January 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Several private hire taxi firms currently operate out of Cambuslang too.

[[National Cycle Route 75]] passes through Cambuslang<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-75|title=Route 75 - Map|website=Sustrans.org.uk|access-date=27 April 2017}}</ref> and extensive cycle lanes were added to the Main Street ([[A724 road|A724]]) in 2016, although these were to prove controversial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/cambuslang-cycle-lanes-continue-cause-7893417|title=Cambuslang cycle lanes continue to cause confusion|date=8 May 2016|website=Dailyrecord.co.uk}}</ref>

==Notable natives/residents==
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===Cadoc===
St [[Cadoc]] (c 497 – c 580), also called "''Cadow''" or "''Cattwg''", reputedly founded a [[monastery]] on the site of the present ''Old Parish Church'' in the later sixth century. He is the [[patron saint]] of Cambuslang, where there is a modern [[primary school]] named after him. His [[feast day]] is 25 September. In [[medieval]] times, ''Cadoc'' was called on for help by (among others) [[deaf]] people and those suffering from [[cramp]].

He was a [[Celtic Christianity|Celtic]] saint – previously, a Prince of [[Glamorgan]] – who brought succour to the native Christians against the invading [[Saxons]]. Cambuslang is at the northernmost reach of the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] speaking [[Brythons]], so he may well have visited here in his wanderings, or in an effort to secure help against the [[Saxons]]. He had travelled to [[Ireland]], to [[Brittany]] (to visit the Welsh-speaking monks there), [[Rome]] (the centre of [[Western Christianity]]) and [[Jerusalem]] (from where he brought back two altar stones that had touched the [[Holy Sepulchre]].

The Europe he walked through was being battered by the barbarian invasions, so it is not improbable that he managed to reach Cambuslang. However, as no mention is made in the legends of an expedition this far north, it might have been a [[Apprenticeship|disciple]], or a [[pilgrim]] returning from Glamorgan with a [[relic]], who established the church at Cambuslang. Cadoc was cut down, while serving [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]], by a Saxon raiding party at "''Benevenna''", most probably near [[Weedon Bec]], [[Northamptonshire]].

St Cadoc was prestigious enough in his lifetime for local chiefs to have recourse to him to settle disputes. This reputation lasted well into the Middle Ages, where solemn bonds and oaths were sworn over his (or his followers') remains. Just before the Reformation, a wealthy Cambuslang notable expressed in his will a desire to be interred "''with the ashes of St Cadoc''", in the Parish Kirk.

===David Dale===
[[David Dale]] (1739–1806) was a Scottish industrialist and philanthropist. His efforts to establish a cotton-spinning factory at Flemington failed but he was very successful as co-founder of the [[New Lanark]] Mills in 1786. Dale owned the estate of Rosebank in Cambuslang, which he used as a summer retreat from his townhouse (reputedly still standing) in Charlotte Street Glasgow and to where he retired and lived until his death. The estate was sold after his death to the [[Caledonian Railway]] Company, which divided it in two to accommodate the new railway. The half to the north of the railway line, including Rosebank House, eventually became Rosebank Industrial Estate. The southern half was sold to '''Thomas Gray Buchanan''', a Glasgow merchant, related to the Buchanan who established [[Buchanan Street]] in Glasgow, who established a country retreat at Wellshott House, but his son Michael sold off the lands to build suburban villas in the 1860s.

===James Meek===
Rev Dr [[James Meek (minister)|James Meek]] (1739–1810) was Minister of Cambuslang from 1774 until his death.{{sfn|Scott|1920|p=[https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaesc03scot/page/238/mode/2up 238]}} He had been [[Dean (religion)|Dean of the Chapel]] at [[Glasgow University]], when the Rector was [[Edmund Burke]] and the professors included the philosopher [[Thomas Reid]]. He was [[Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]] in 1795. He wrote the entry for Cambuslang in the [[Statistical Account of Scotland|First Statistical Account of Scotland]].{{sfn|Meek|1791}} The cool, objective account in his report of the Cambuslang Wark remains the prime historical source for that event. He kept a detailed "''Journal and Register of the Weather''..." for each day over 29 years, with remarks on weather and events throughout Britain and the world. This Journal is still quoted in modern histories of the weather. He is buried in the ''Old Parish Church'' kirkyard, just inside the gate.

=== Other notable persons ===

* [[David Beaton]] (c. 1494–1546) was Rector of Cambuslang from 1520. He was appointed to this post by his uncle, [[James Beaton]], [[Archbishop of Glasgow]], and was a [[prebendary]], which means he lived off the [[tithe]]s and never lived there, leaving the work of a parish priest to a vicar.
* [[Claudius Buchanan]] (1766–1815),  Scottish theologian, an ordained minister of the Church of England, and an evangelical missionary to India. 
* [[Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet|Sir George Burns]] (1795–1890), shipping magnate and co-founder of the [[Cunard Line]] resided at Rosebank House.
* [[Robert Crawford (Scottish poet)|Robert Crawford]] (1959–), Scottish [[poet]] and Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at [[St Andrews University]], and wrote a poem called "Cambuslang".<ref>Oxford Poetry Vol V No 1 (Winter 1989)</ref><ref>''A Scottish Assembly'' (London: Chatto & Windus, 1990)<!--ISSN/ISBN needed--></ref><ref>{{cite web|author=British Council|url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth02D3N463312627258|title=Robert Crawford|website=Contemporarywriters.com|access-date=15 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805090317/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth02D3N463312627258|archive-date=5 August 2011}}</ref>
* [[William de Cambuslang]] (died 1361), [[Bishop of Dunblane]] (1347–1361). 
* [[John Dunlop (writer)|John Dunlop]] (1755–1820), one-time [[Lord Provost of Glasgow]] resided at Rosebank House.
* [[John Colin Dunlop]] (1785–1842), historian and son of John Dunlop, also lived at Rosebank House.
* [[Robert Fleming the elder]] (1630–1694), Presbyterian minister at Cambuslang and Rotterdam.
* [[Sammy Gilmore]] (1939–2011), shipyard trade-unionist; most notably a leader of the [[Upper Clyde Shipbuilders]] work-in in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/sammy-gilmore.15424356|title=Sammy Gilmore|website=HeraldScotland|date=12 October 2011 |access-date=16 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[Duncan Glen|Duncan Munro Glen]] (1933–2008), prolific poet and historian, Emeritus Professor of Visual Communication at [[Nottingham Trent University]].
* [[William Hamilton of Gilbertfield]] (1665–1751), wrote a metrical abridgement, in 18th-century [[Scots language|Scots]], of [[Blind Harry]]'s poem ''[[The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace]]'' on Sir [[William Wallace]], whose 17th-century castle remains, though in ruins. He corresponded with [[Allan Ramsay (poet)|Allan Ramsay]] and his poetry was praised in an epistle by [[Robert Burns]] – where he referred to him as "Gilbertfield".
* [[Scott Harrison (boxer)|Scott Harrison]] (1977–), [[World Boxing Organisation]] featherweight champion for 2002.
* [[John Claudius Loudon]] (1783–1843), a famous gardener (or rather "''horticultural writer, dendrologist and designer''"), wrote the ''Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1822), and invented a flexible iron-bar sash which made possible such monumental greenhouses as the Palm House at [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|Kew Gardens]] and [[the Crystal Palace]]. 
* [[Jimmy Jackson (footballer, born 1875)|Jimmy Jackson]] (1875–c. 1914), Scottish-Australian footballer. 
* [[Robin Jenkins (writer)|Robin Jenkins]] (1912–2005), novelist. 
[[File:Cambuslang Memorial.jpg|thumb|right|Cambuslang Miners Monument "In memory of the men, women and children, many of whom died whilst working in the pits and collieries of Cambuslang [...] Also to the memory of Mick McGahe]]
* [[Thomas Lipton|Sir Thomas Lipton]] (1850–1931) of [[Lipton|tea fame]] lived in the Johnstone Villa in Cambuslang, which was named after his mother's family. 
* [[J. B. Lockhart]]  (1886-1969) mathematician and educator. 
* Rev [[David Lunan]] (1944–), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (effective 2008).
* [[Mick McGahey]] (1925–1999), miners' leader.
* [[John McWhan]]  (1885–1943), mathematician and educator
* [[David Forbes Martyn|Dr David Forbes Martyn]] (1906–1970), physicist and radiographer, contributing to the development of coastal and air defence radar for Australia during [[World War II]]. 
* [[Brendan O'Hare (musician)|Brendan O'Hare]] (1970–), musician.
* [[Dorothy Carleton Smyth]] (1880–1933), Scottish artist and an active supporter of the Woman's Suffrage Campaign.  
* [[Midge Ure]] (1953–), pop-singer and anti-hunger campaigner ([[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]] and [[Live 8]]).
* [[Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie|Mike Watson]] (1949–), previously a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] life peer as Lord Watson of Invergowrie, was given a 16-month prison sentence in 2005 for wilful fire-raising. Though born in Cambuslang in 1949, Watson moved early to Invergowrie near Dundee.
* [[Robert Wilson (tenor)|Robert Wilson]] (1907–1964), opera and concert singer ([[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]]) and recording artist ([[Parlophone]] and [[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]]).

==See also==
*[[Routes To Work South]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
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==External links==
{{commons category|Cambuslang}}
{{EB1911 Poster|Cambuslang}}
* [http://www.edwardboyle.com/EB/Cambuslang/Cambuslang.html Views of Old Cambuslang]
* [http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townhistory418.html Historical perspective for Cambuslang, from the Gazetteer for Scotland]* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070724075703/http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/stat-acc-scot.asp The Statistical Accounts of Scotland]
* [http://electricscotland.com/history/glasgow/cambuslang.htm for an extract on Cambuslang from ''Rambles Round Glasgow'' by Hugh MacLelland]

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