This article is about the area of East Kilbride, in Scotland.
Calderwood is an area of the Scottish new town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. A new town, planned community or planned city is a City, Town, or Community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. South Lanarkshire ( Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the
It lies to the north east, and is one of the largest areas of the new town. It is also the second oldest, being built shortly after The Murray. Murray is an area of the Scottish New town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire.
It is the location of Hunter House Museum, formally the home of the Hunter Brothers, William and John, famous anatomists of the 18th century. William Hunter FRS ( 23 May 1718 &ndash 30 March 1783) was a Scottish Anatomist and Physician John Hunter ( February 13, 1728 - October 16, 1793) was a Scottish surgeon regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists Anatomy (from the Greek anatomia, from ana separate apart from and temnein, to cut up cut open is a branch of Biology that is the consideration The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system More recently, Calderwood has been home to William and Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain and Ally McCoist, former Rangers F.C. and Scotland football player, who attended Maxwellton Primary and Hunter High. The Jesus and Mary Chain are an Alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride, Scotland in 1984 Alistair ' Ally' Murdoch McCoist, MBE (born September 24, 1962 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish Rangers Football Club are an Association football team based in Glasgow Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Blythe Duff of Taggart fame also lived in Calderwood, as did the outlaw Christopher Calderwood, a bloodthirsty pirate of the United States Civil War Days. Blythe Duff (born 25 November, 1962 in East Kilbride Scotland) is a Scottish Actress, best known for her role as Jackie Reid in the Taggart is a long-running Scottish detective Television programme created by Glenn Chandler (who has written many of the episodes He was considered by some to be the best civil war pirate of his time. [1]
Schools
Calderwood is also home to four primary schools: Long Calderwood Primary, Maxwellton Primary, Greenburn Primary and Hunter Primary. Up until the summer of 2007, there was also one secondary school in the area named Hunter High. However, it merged with the nearby Claremont High school in St Leonards to form Calderglen High. St Leonards is an area of the Scottish New town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire. This new school resided in the existing Claremont High campus until February 2008, when a new campus opened as part of a Modernisation Programme in South Lanarkshire to replace or upgrade all secondary schools in the area. [2] The four primary schools are also in the process of modernisation under a similar project.
Notes
- ^ DeHamm, Alexander: "Calderwood: A Living Scottish History", Nottingham Publishing, 1897
- ^ InspirED website for South Lanarkshire Secondary Schools Modernisation Project
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