Waterfoot, East Renfrewshire
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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Waterfoot
| gaelic_name =
| scots_name = Watterfit
| local_name =
| country = Scotland
| static_image_name = Waterfoot Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 23421.jpg
| static_image_caption = Waterfoot Bridge
| population = {{Scottish locality populations|name|POP=Waterfoot}}
| population_ref = ({{United Kingdom statistics year|ScotSettlement}}){{Scotland settlement population citation}}
| os_grid_reference = NS569546
| edinburgh_distance_mi = 44
| edinburgh_direction = ENE
| london_distance_mi = 340
| london_direction = SSE
| coordinates = {{coord|55.764|-4.283|display=inline,title}}
| post_town = Glasgow
| postcode_area = G
| postcode_district = G76
| dial_code = 0141
| unitary_scotland = East Renfrewshire
| community_scotland = Eaglesham and Waterfoot
| constituency_westminster = East Renfrewshire
| pushpin_map = Scotland East Renfrewshire#Scotland South Lanarkshire#Scotland Glasgow
| lieutenancy_scotland = Renfrewshire
| constituency_scottish_parliament = Eastwood
| website =
}}
Waterfoot ({{langx|sco|Watterfit}}){{cite web|author=Andy Eagle |url=http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/read.asp?letter=W&CurPage=10 |title=The Online Scots Dictionary |publisher=Scots-online.org |date=2003-02-27 |accessdate=2013-09-26}} is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is on the B767 road between Clarkston and Eaglesham, which are {{convert|1|mi|km}} to the north and south respectively, while Newton Mearns is about {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} to the west and East Kilbride about {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} to the southeast.{{cite web | url = https://www.freemaptools.com/measure-distance.htm | title = Measure Distance on a Map| accessdate = 9 March 2020 | publisher = Free Map Tools}} The village shares a community council with the neighbouring community of Eaglesham, the Eaglesham and Waterfoot Community Council meets in Eaglesham on a monthly basis.{{cite web | url = https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/eagleshamandwaterfoot | title = Eaglesham and Waterfoot Community Council | accessdate = 9 March 2020 | publisher = East Renfrewshire Council}}
During the Second World War, deputy leader of the Nazi party Rudolf Hess, crash landed in Floors Farm, west of the village.{{cite web |url = https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/669433/the-day-Hitlers-deputy-fled-to-Britain | title = The day Hitler's deputy fled to Britain | accessdate = 9 March 2020 | author = Dominic Midgley | date = 11 May 2016 | publisher = Daily Express}} He was arrested and held in custody until after the war, when he was tried at the Nuremberg trials.
The audio equipment manufacturer Linn Products has its factory to the southwest of Waterfoot.
Development
The Glasgow Southern Orbital road (part of the A726) passes just to the south of Waterfoot.{{cite web | url = https://www.linn.co.uk/travel-directions | title = Linn - Travel Directions | accessdate = 9 March 2020 | publisher = Linn Products Limited}}
The village lies on the west bank of the White Cart Water, and the original settlement grew up around a farm, mill (Dripps Mill) and smithy.{{cite web | url = https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst853.html | title = Waterfoot | accessdate = 9 March 2020 | publisher = Gazetteer for Scotland}} One early record of the village is in Timothy Pont's maps of Scotland (1583–1596).{{cite web | url = https://maps.nls.uk/pont/placenames/v-z.html | title = Pont Maps of Scotland | accessdate = 9 March 2020 | publisher = National Libraries of Scotland}}
Waterfoot today is purely residential in character, having expanded as a commuter dormitory village, primarily in the latter half of the 20th century. The 2011 census reported that Waterfoot had a population of 1,280.{{cite web | url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/scotland/east_renfrewshire/S19001250__waterfoot/ | title = Waterfoot | accessdate = 9 March 2020 | website = www.citypopulation.de}} There was some controversy in 2012 when East Renfrewshire Council wanted to sell Waterfoot Park to the housebuilder Cala Homes so that they could build 29 homes.{{cite web | url = https://www.glasgowsouthandeastwoodextra.co.uk/news/battle-continues-over-waterfoot-1-2564081 | title = Battle continues over Waterfoot | accessdate = 9 March 2020 | author = Gillian Loney | date = 7 October 2012 | publisher = The Extra}} A new park, Inky Pink Park, was created using funds provided by Cala to mitigate for the loss of Waterfoot Park when it was built on.{{cite web | url = http://www.community-council.org.uk/eagleshamandwaterfoot/news.asp | title = Waterfoot New Inky Pink Park | accessdate = 9 March 2020 | work = Eaglesham & Waterfoot Community Council News | date = 10 January 2020 | publisher = Eaglesham & Waterfoot Community Council}}
Notable people
Winifred Drinkwater, the world's first female commercial airline pilot, was born in Waterfoot on 11 April 1913.{{cite book | title = Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women | editor = Elizabeth L. Ewan | editor2 = Sue Innes | editor3 = Sian Reynolds | editor4 = Rose Pipes | page = 102 | publisher = Edinburgh University Press | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-0748626601}} Neil Munro, Scottish author, lived in Waterfoot during the early years of the 20th Century.
Gallery
File:Weir White Cart Water, Waterfoot. - geograph.org.uk - 429307.jpg|Weir White Cart Water
File:Brackenrig Burn - geograph.org.uk - 635404.jpg|Brackenrig Burn
File:Floors - geograph.org.uk - 74526.jpg|"Floors Farm" near Waterfoot
References
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External links
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- [http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst853.html Waterfoot] at Gazetteer for Scotland
- [http://www.gerryblaikie.com/southglasgow/busby.htm Busby & Waterfoot - Illustrated Guide]
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