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Bellshill once had six primary schools, including Belvidere Primary School. [30] This was closed in early June 2010 and has now been demolished. Holy Family Primary School was founded in 1868. It moved to new buildings in 1907 to accommodate the influx of Lithuanian, Polish and Irish Catholics se
Bellshill. Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles (sixteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow city centre. About 20,000 people live there. Category: Towns in North Lanarkshire.
Apr 26, 2012 · Collection. opensource. Item Size. 19.8M. Pictures and narratives of Bellshill, A town near Glasgow in Scotland, from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Addeddate.
The Bellshill Cultural Centre has a free library. Various singers, such as Sheena Easton, and sportsmen such as Sir Matt Busby and Billy McNeill hailed from the town (a statue of McNeill at Bellshill Cross was unveiled in 2022). [35] [36] Bellshill is also known for its music, especially since the mid-1980s.
These were built from 1902–30, with the largest 10 metres in diameter and 18 metres high – it was known as Big Ben. A large number of Lithuanians, escaping poverty and persecution, came to the Bellshill area and, by 1914, possibly as many as 5,000 had settled in the area. Many of them worked as miners where the pay was much better than they ...
The streetscape project which will see Bellshill town centre completely changed started in April 2007 and is scheduled to run for 75 weeks, once complete this will see an end to Bellshill Cross and Main Street will be a one way street. Churches. There are also several churches in the town, including: Church of Scotland: The West Church
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Bellshill Lanarkshire. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Bellshill like this: Bellshill, a mining town of Bothwell parish, N Lanarkshire, 9 miles by road ESE of Glasgow, 3 5 / 8 S of Coatbridge, and 4 N by E of Hamilton, with stations on the Uddingston ...
