Whitelees
- North Lanarkshire
- Dunbartonshire
- Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (UK Parliament constituency)
- Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Whitelees is an area of in the north-east of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is about a two and a quarter miles from Cumbernauld Town Centre.[1] It lies between Abronhill and Wardpark South.
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In the history of the new town it was a distinct area from Abronhill.[2] However in common with Ravenswood near Seafar the name of the larger, more signed area has tended to be used far more often. The line of demarcation is at the Whitelees Roundabout, south of which, Abronhill's roads take the names of trees. Houses in Whitelees tend to be in private hands making Whitelees blue on the SIMD map of Scotland.[3] Whitelees is skirted by the Walton Burn whereas Abronhill is not although historically there was a North Whitelees and South Whitelees, the latter being in what is now thought of as Abronhill.[4] Other old maps show Whitelees with various spellings including maps by Charles Ross[5] and William Roy.[6]
The area is probably best known for Whitelees Primary School[7] which is a feeder school for Cumbernauld Academy.
Toponymy
The etymology of the name is uncertain but may mean "a clearing in a wood".[8]
References
- ^ "Whitelees". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Jessica (2010). Cumbernauld: The Conception, Development and Realisation of a Post-war British New Town (PDF). Edinburgh: Edinburgh College of Art. p. 57. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2016". SIMD. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "25 inch map with Bing overlay". NLS. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Ross' map". NLS. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Roy's map of the Lowlands". NLS. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire News no. 82". Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ Drummond, Peter, John (2014). An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin (PDF). Glasgow: Glasgow University. p. 249. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
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