Crookston, Glasgow

Crookston, Glasgow

Coordinates: 55°50′34″N 4°22′06″W / 55.842780°N 4.368377°W / 55.842780; -4.368377

Crookston
Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chròc
Crookston is located in Glasgow
Crookston

 Crookston shown within Glasgow
OS grid reference NS518636
Council area Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area Glasgow
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GLASGOW
Postcode district G52
Dialling code 0141
Police Strathclyde
Fire Strathclyde
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament Glasgow South West
Scottish Parliament Glasgow Pollok
Glasgow
List of places: UK • Scotland • Glasgow

Crookston (Baile Cruic in Scottish Gaelic) is a residential suburb on the southwestern edge of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.

Formerly a village in its own right, Crookston (Crocis toune) and its surrounding lands and castle (Dùn Cruic in Scottish Gaelic), were named after the feudal Norman lord, Robert Croc, who was gifted the Levern valley in Renfrewshire by King David I of Scotland in 1170.

In the 1920s, Crookston, together with neighbouring Cardonald, Hillington and Halfway, was annexed by the expanding city of Glasgow. Crookston now lies just within Glasgow's present-day boundary with Ralston, Renfrewshire.

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