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Clarkston (, (スコットランド・ゲール語:Baile Chlarc)) is a suburban town in East Renfrewshire set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies east of Barrhead, east-southeast of Paisley and northwest of East Kilbride, at the southwest of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. It is a small, dormitory town with a population of 14,944. The locality borders the other Eastwood suburbs of Giffnock, Busby and Netherlee, and is served by Clarkston railway station on the Glasgow South Western Line branch to East Kilbride. On 21 October 1971, the shopping centre was the scene of the Clarkston explosion, which killed 22 people and injured around 100. A plaque on the site commemorates the event. Greenbank Garden, a National Trust for Scotland property, is located on the outskirts of Clarkston. ==History== When a new road from Paisley to East Kilbride was built through the area in the 1790s, a toll point was set up where it crossed what was then the main route from Glasgow to Kilmarnock. A man named John Clark built a house at the toll, and the name 'Clarkston' came to be used for the locality.〔Nisbet 2007, p. 4.〕〔Nisbet 2007, p. 34.〕 The Maxwell family (owners of the Williamwood Estate, on which Clarkston was situated) advertised the creation of a new village there in 1801, but initially it grew slowly. Clarkston at this time had no industry of its own, and villagers were mainly employed in the mills at nearby Netherlee.〔〔 The area began to expand more rapidly following the opening of Clarkston railway station by Busby Railways in the village in 1866,〔Nisbet 2007, p. 38.〕 and later the expansion of the Glasgow tram network to Clarkston in 1921.〔Nisbet 2007, p. 24.〕 The 1920s also saw the final breaking up of the Williamwood Estate, encouraging further house building.〔 Clarkston expanded rapidly as new suburban housing developments sprang up such as Williamwood, Carolside and Overlee.〔Nisbet 2007, pp. 26-27.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clarkston, East Renfrewshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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