Greengairs | |
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![]() Road through Greengairs | |
Location within
North Lanarkshire | |
Population | 520 (2020) [1] |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Greengairs is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. [2] Greengairs is shown on a map by Roy c.1754 under the name of Green Geirs. [3] In toponymy the name means "green strips of grass". [4] Lying 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Cumbernauld and 3 miles (5 km) north east of Airdrie, the village consists mainly of local authority housing. Between them Greengairs and Wattston have about 1,190 residents. [5]
It developed in the nineteenth century due to increased coal mining and quarrying. Ironstone was first mined by the Summerlee Iron Company in the 1840s. [6] It was in the parish of New Monkland or East Monkland. It also historically had its own school; the teachers had a house but no salary. [7] The village was badly affected by the Stanrigg Mining Disaster [8] where, in July 1918, a collapse led to the deaths of 19 miners, 6 of whom came from Greengairs. [9]
Greengairs power station opened in 1996, and is powered by methane produced by biodegrading materials from a large landfill site developed since 1990 in former open cast workings situated to the south of the village. [10] Greengairs is the largest landfill site in Scotland, handling waste from Glasgow and Edinburgh. [11] Greengairs has 6000m of pipes with biogas fed by 90 gas wells. [12]
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Greengairs | |
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![]() Road through Greengairs | |
Location within
North Lanarkshire | |
Population | 520 (2020) [1] |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Greengairs is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. [2] Greengairs is shown on a map by Roy c.1754 under the name of Green Geirs. [3] In toponymy the name means "green strips of grass". [4] Lying 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Cumbernauld and 3 miles (5 km) north east of Airdrie, the village consists mainly of local authority housing. Between them Greengairs and Wattston have about 1,190 residents. [5]
It developed in the nineteenth century due to increased coal mining and quarrying. Ironstone was first mined by the Summerlee Iron Company in the 1840s. [6] It was in the parish of New Monkland or East Monkland. It also historically had its own school; the teachers had a house but no salary. [7] The village was badly affected by the Stanrigg Mining Disaster [8] where, in July 1918, a collapse led to the deaths of 19 miners, 6 of whom came from Greengairs. [9]
Greengairs power station opened in 1996, and is powered by methane produced by biodegrading materials from a large landfill site developed since 1990 in former open cast workings situated to the south of the village. [10] Greengairs is the largest landfill site in Scotland, handling waste from Glasgow and Edinburgh. [11] Greengairs has 6000m of pipes with biogas fed by 90 gas wells. [12]
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)