- Eastwood, Strathclyde
Eastwood District 1975-96 Eastwood ("A' Choille an Ear" in
Scottish Gaelic ) was one of nineteen local government districts in theStrathclyde region ofScotland from 1975 to 1996, lying south-west of theCity of Glasgow .The district was formed from the area of the First District of the former county of Renfrewshire. The council's headquarters were at
Giffnock . The district was named after the larger Eastwood civil parish itself named after a long-vanished woodland. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43436#s16 Eastwood, or Pollock, "Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, 1846 (British History Online)] ]The district was abolished by the
Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 , with its area included in theEast Renfrewshire unitary council area.Constituencies
The Eastwood Westminster constituency was created in 1983, and the Eastwood Holyrood constituency, with the same boundaries, in 1999.
The Westminster constituency was renamed "East Refrewshire" in 2005. The Holyrood constituency retains its original name.
See also
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Subdivisions of Scotland References
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