Queenzieburn

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Scotland

| static_image = File:Queenzieburn - geograph.org.uk - 128428.jpg

| static_image_caption = Queenzieburn viewed from the west

| coordinates = {{coord|55.973|-04.092|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Queenzieburn

| gaelic_name =

| scots_name = Queenieburn

| population = 520

| shire_district =

| unitary_scotland = North Lanarkshire

| lieutenancy_scotland = Dunbartonshire

| region =

| constituency_westminster = Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

| post_town = Glasgow

| postcode_district = G65

| postcode_area = G

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference =

}}

Queenzieburn ({{langx|sco|Queenieburn}}){{cite web|title=The Online Scots Dictionary|url=http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/english_scots.asp|website=Scots Online|access-date=30 June 2017|language=en}} is a small settlement in the historic county of Stirlingshire and the Council Area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its estimated population is 520.{{cite web|title=Estimated population of localities by broad age groups, mid-2012|url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/population-estimates/special-area/mid-2012-settlements/2012-pop-est-sett-local-main-tab3a.pdf|access-date=3 January 2018}} It is located near the town of Kilsyth and has a small industrial estate. The village has one school called Chapelgreen Primary. Senior pupils usually attend Kilsyth Academy.

Etymology

Queenzieburn is pronounced {{IPAc-en|k|w|iː|n|i|b|ɜːr|n}}. This is due to the original Scots spelling, Queenȝieburn, containing the letter yogh, which was later erroneously confused with the tailed z. The meaning may be "stream, of the wedge place".{{cite book|last1=Drummond|first1=Peter, John|title=An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin|date=2014|publisher=Glasgow University|location=Glasgow|page=278|url=http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5270/1/2014DrummondPhD.pdf#page=279|access-date=3 July 2017}}

Notable residents

Entertainer Janette Tough who, along with her husband Ian, make up the comedy duo the Krankies, grew up in Queenzieburn.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/get-well-soon-wee-jimmy-1-356368 |title=Get well soon, wee Jimmy - Cumbernauld News |access-date=4 December 2019 |archive-date=4 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204185800/https://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/news/get-well-soon-wee-jimmy-1-356368 |url-status=dead }}

File:Queenzieburn and Kilsyth from the air (geograph 5308174).jpg from the air. The four main vertical lines looking roughly left to right at the bottom of the picture are: Glasgow Road through Queenzieburn and Kilsyth, the line of the old Kelvin Valley Railway Line near Gavell Station,{{cite web|title=25 inch O.S. Map with Bing slider|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=13&lat=55.9670&lon=-4.0627&layers=168&b=1|website=N.L.S.|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=13 February 2018}} the River Kelvin, and the Forth and Clyde Canal]]

References

External links

[http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst1383.html Gazetteer for Scotland]

Category:Villages in North Lanarkshire