Birdston
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Birdston
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Location within East Dunbartonshire | |
OS grid reference | NS6575 |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLASGOW |
Postcode district | G66 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Birdston is a hamlet located in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland between Milton of Campsie and Kirkintilloch.[1] The 'Campsie poet' William Muir (1766-1817) was born in Birdston and is buried in the kirkyard there.[2] A monument to him was erected in the kirkyard by admirers of his poems in 1857.[3]
References
- ^ MacDonald, Hugh (1910). Rambles Round Glasgow (New edition with introduction and notes by the Rev. G. H. Morrison, M.A ed.). Glasgow: John Smith. p. 429.
- ^ MacDonald, Hugh (1910). Rambles Round Glasgow (New edition with introduction and notes by the Rev. G. H. Morrison M. A. ed.). Glasow: John Smith. p. 430.
- ^ "Muir, William". jacksonbibliography.library.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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