Chryston
Sign in to saveChryston is a village in North Lanarkshire, around east of Glasgow, in Scotland. It lies north of its sister village, Muirhead, which is on the A80. The village has around double Muirhead's population, although the exact boundary between the two modern villages is difficult to find.
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Place details
- Locality
- Muirhead
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,900
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Chryston
- UK place.scots_name
- Chrystoun
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Baile Chrisdein
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS681701
- UK place.pushpin_map
- Scotland North Lanarkshire#Scotland Glasgow
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- North Lanarkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Lanarkshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Coatbridge and Chryston
- UK place.post_town
- GLASGOW
- UK place.postcode_district
- G69 9
- UK place.postcode_area
- G
- UK place.dial_code
- 01236
- UK place.static_image
- File:Chryston Church - geograph.org.uk - 128114.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Chryston Parish Church
- UK place.type
- Village
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 3000
- Image
- Muirhead, Chryston and Moodiesburn from the air (geograph 5681671).jpg
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Chryston is a village in North Lanarkshire, around east of Glasgow, in Scotland. It lies north of its sister village, Muirhead, which is on the A80. The village has around double Muirhead's population, although the exact boundary between the two modern villages is difficult to find.
==History== thumb|left|Joan Blaeu|Blaeu's map based on Pont's original "Glasgow and the county of Lanark" map c.1596 depicting Chriſtoun (Chryston) north-west of Gartcaiſh ([[Gartcosh).]] thumb|right|Map of Chryston in the early 1900s
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