Cardonald

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Coordinates: 55°50′58″N 4°21′10″W / 55.8494°N 4.3528°W

Cardonald
Scottish Gaelic: Cair Dhòmhnaill
Scots: Cardonal
Highrise flats in Cardonald
Cardonald Cardonald shown within Glasgow
OS grid reference	NS528643
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G52
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Glasgow South West
Scottish Parliament	Glasgow Pollok
List of places UK Scotland Glasgow

Cardonald (Scots: Cardonal,^[1] Scottish Gaelic: Cair Dhòmhnaill)^[2] is an outlying suburb of the Scottish city of Glasgow. Formerly a village in its own right, it lies to the southwest of the city and is bounded to the south by the White Cart Water. The area was part of Renfrewshire until 1926 when the villages of Cardonald, Crookston, Halfway and their surrounding farmland were annexed to Glasgow.

In the 15th century the lands of Cardonald were the property of Johannes Norwald or Normanville, Dominus of Cardownalde. His granddaughter and heiress, Marion Stewart (daughter of Isabella Norwald of Cardonald and Sir William Stewart of Castlemilk), married Allan Stewart, establishing the line of Stewarts of Cardonald. The Cardonald Stewarts were a junior branch of the House of Stewart. Allan Stewart of Cardonald, the first Stewart of Cardonald, was the younger son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox. The Cardonald Stewarts had their seat at the Place of Cardonald (also known as Cardonald Castle or Cardonald House), built in 1565. It was demolished and replaced by a farmhouse - Cardonald Place Farm - in 1848.

The line of the Stewarts of Cardonald ended with Allan's great-grandson, James Stewart of Cardonald (1512–1584). He had served as a captain in the Scottish Guards of the Kings of France, and is buried in Paisley Abbey. As he had no issue, the lands of Cardonald passed to his sister's son, Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre. His family resided at the Place of Cardonald for generations, and retained lands in Cardonald until the 20th century.

In 1926, Glasgow Corporation bought the Cardonald estates, They gave opportunity to private development replicating Kelvindale cottage flats By Western Heritable and Council housing in the area. Cardonald was divided into North and South Cardonald, with the south mostly composed of owner-occupied and privately rented cottage flats, whilst the north was made up of owner-occupied and rented accommodation owned by Glasgow Corporation, divided by the new Paisley Road West, including terraced houses, flats, and semi-detached property. In the 1950s, the Corporation erected the UK's first high-rise flats in the area. Although only 10 storeys high, and overlooking Crookston Castle, the Moss Heights flats were the first of many high-rise blocks to be built in Glasgow.

Cardonald College, one of Scotland's largest further education colleges, opened in 1972, and rapidly expanded in recent times.

Cardonald has three churches: Cardonald Parish Church (Church of Scotland) (built 1889), Hillington Park (Church of Scotland) and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (built 1938). The district is served by Cardonald railway station on the Inverclyde Line and by numerous bus routes. There is also easy access to the M8 motorway via Junction 25.

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North of the River Clyde	Anderston Anniesland Auchenshuggle Baillieston Balornock Barlanark Barmulloch Barrowfield Blackhill Blairdardie Blochairn Blythswood Hill Botany Braidfauld Bridgeton Broomhill Budhill Calton Camlachie Carmyle Carntyne Colston Cowcaddens Cowlairs Craigend Charing Cross Cranhill Dalmarnock Dennistoun Dowanhill Drumchapel Easterhouse Easthall Finnieston Garnethill Garrowhill Garscadden Garthamlock Germiston Greenfield Haghill Hamiltonhill High Ruchill Hillhead Hogganfield Hyndland Jordanhill Kelvinbridge Kelvindale Kelvinside Knightswood Lambhill Lightburn Lilybank Maryhill Maryhill Park Merchant City Millerston Milton Mount Vernon Netherton Newbank North Kelvinside Park District Parkhead Partick Partickhill Possilpark Provanhall Provanmill Queenslie Riddrie Robroyston Roystonhill Ruchazie Ruchill Sandyhills Scotstoun Scotstounhill Shettleston Sighthill Springboig Springburn Springhill Summerston Swinton Temple Thornwood Tollcross Townhead Wellhouse West End Whiteinch Woodlands Woodside Wyndford Yoker Yorkhill

South of the River Clyde	Arden Auldhouse Battlefield Bellahouston Cardonald Carmunnock Carnwadric Castlemilk Cathcart Cessnock Corkerhill Cowglen Craigton Croftfoot Crookston Crosshill Crossmyloof Darnley Deaconsbank Drumoyne Dumbreck Govan Govanhill Gorbals Halfway Hillington Hillpark Hurlet Hutchesontown Ibrox Jenny Lind Kennishead King's Park Kinning Park Langside Laurieston Linthouse Mansewood Merrylee Mosspark Mount Florida Muirend Newlands Nitshill Oatlands Penilee Pollok Pollokshaws Pollokshields Polmadie Priesthill Queen's Park Roughmussel Shawlands Shieldhall Simshill South Nitshill Southpark Village Strathbungo Toryglen Tradeston

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