Easterhouse

at 9 Auchinlea Road, Glasgow , G69 6 United Kingdom

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Description

Easterhouse is a suburb of Glasgow, located approximately 6mi east of the city centre. It was partially built on land gained from the county of Lanarkshire as part of a boundary expansion of Glasgow prior to the Second World War. Building began in the mid-1950s by the-then local authority, Glasgow Corporation. The goal was to provide better housing for the people of the East End living in sub-standard conditions. The area is on high ground north of the River Clyde and south of the River Kelvin and Campsie Fells. It was built to house over 50,000 people but as of the 2001 UK Census, its population was 26,495; of which 96.85% were born in Scotland. 172 people or 0.63% of this population were born outside Scotland, the lowest percentage in the country. In 2011, the population of Easterhouse decreased to 8,923 based on a narrower definition of the area and regeneration of housing which replaces tenements with houses.History of the areaThe remains of crannogs from the Iron Age were found in Bishop Loch, dating from around 700 BC by an archaeological dig in 1898. The Bishops of Glasgow were granted the land on which much of modern Easterhouse was built when the church of Glasgow was elevated into a bishopric in the 12th century. The remains of the Bishop of Glasgow's country palace have been revealed by the West of Scotland Archaeology Service next to Bishops Loch (a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)) at Lochwood. Local oral history talks of the Bishops of Glasgow sailing in a Venetian gondola from Glasgow Cathedral to his palace at Bishops Loch. Hogganfield Loch is the source of the Molindinar Burn next to the Cathedral, so some truth may lie in this claim.

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Summary

Easterhouse is Glasgow based place and this enity listed in Family Medicine Practice category. Located at 9 Auchinlea Road G69 6. Contact phone number of Easterhouse: +44 345 748 4950