A parish is an administrative division used by several countries . To distinguish it from an ecclesiastical parish , the term civil parish is used in some jurisdictions, as noted below.
32-635: Netherlee is a suburban residential area in East Renfrewshire , Scotland. It is situated on the west bank of the White Cart Water about 4 miles (6.5 km) south of Glasgow city centre. Part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation, it is mostly contiguous with the city, and is just beyond the boundary of its local authority area. It is a separate census locality from Glasgow, like other areas such as neighbouring Giffnock and Clarkston . Netherlee
64-551: A family, ranking just behind East Dunbartonshire to the north of Glasgow. In January 2008, East Renfrewshire became the first Scottish local authority to create a Facebook page to publicise its services. East Renfrewshire covers an area to the south and south-west of Glasgow . Many of the district's settlements are classed as part of the Greater Glasgow urban area for statistical purposes. The largest of these, in terms of population, are Newton Mearns , Barrhead , Giffnock and Clarkston . The area becomes more rural away from
96-523: A number of local shops and parks. Cathcart Cemetery also falls within the boundaries of Netherlee. In the medieval era, the area of modern Netherlee and Clarkston was known as the Lands of Lee, centred on Lee Castle. The small hill on which the castle stood is now the small park behind Netherlee Post Office. In the 15th century, the Lands of Lee were split up into Netherlee, and Midlee (now Stamperland ) and Overlee (both now part of neighbouring Clarkston). From
128-448: A single councillor to East Renfrewshire Council, but is now grouped with Clarkston and Busby as a larger multi-member ward electing three councillors. Netherlee and Stamperland together form one of East Renfrewshire's designated community council areas, but following the dissolution of the previous community council in 2015 there were insufficient nominations for it to be re-established at that time. The Netherlee area has been part of
160-424: A whole making up 97.1% of the total. 2.4% are Asian with 0.5% from other ethnic backgrounds. 62.2% of the population identified as Christian (38.8% Church of Scotland, 19.7% Roman Catholic and 3.7% other Christian denominations), with 28.9% stating they had no religion. The most recent estimate, from mid-2012, suggests the population of Netherlee has decreased very slightly to 4,550. In a 2014 Royal Mail survey,
192-553: Is contiguous with the city of Glasgow and forms part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. It lies on the west bank of the White Cart Water , a tributary of the River Clyde . For census purposes, Netherlee is classed as a locality within the settlement of Greater Glasgow. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011 , Netherlee had a total resident population of 4,562. The population is 88% White Scottish, with white people as
224-410: Is delivered free to homes and businesses, which has its emphasis on the eastern half of the local authority, but also covers news across the western half as well as the south of Glasgow . The first election to East Renfrewshire Council was held in 1995, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 1 April 1996. Political control of
256-421: Is directly contiguous with Stamperland . It is also in a council ward with Clarkston and its neighbour Busby . As of 2012, Netherlee has a population of 4,550. Originally a small rural hamlet dependent upon the mills along the river, Netherlee became extensively urbanised in the 20th century, developing into an affluent commuter suburb. The area is served by a parish church, primary school and library, as well as
288-583: Is home to many small to medium businesses. The interests of these businesses are looked after by the East Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce. The local newspapers are the Barrhead News , covering the local authority with emphasis on the western half of the area, which primarily includes the town of Barrhead and the villages of Neilston and Uplawmoor, and the Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra , which
320-506: Is one of 32 council areas of Scotland . It was formed in 1996, as a successor to the Eastwood district of the Strathclyde region. The northeastern part of the council area is close to Glasgow and many of the council area's northern settlements fall into the Greater Glasgow urban area. Clockwise, East Renfrewshire borders Glasgow City council area to the northeast, South Lanarkshire to
352-468: Is today, with the construction of the parish church, primary school and the MacLaren Place building. Netherlee is in East Renfrewshire , one of the 32 council areas of Scotland for local government purposes. East Renfrewshire Council, the unitary local council , is based in nearby Giffnock and is responsible for local government. For local electoral purposes, Netherlee was formerly a ward electing
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#1732887534394384-591: The G44 postcode – which includes Netherlee – was rated as the most desirable area of Scotland to live in. Statistics from the 2020 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation ranks Netherlee as one of the ten least deprived areas in Scotland. Netherlee Library is operated by East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure, a charity partially funded by East Renfrewshire Council. MacLaren Place is a Category B listed building on Clarkston Road. A long three-storey tenement building with shops on
416-724: The Renfrewshire lieutenancy . The area that is now East Renfrewshire has been inhabited since prehistoric times. At Dunwan Hill near Eaglesham and at Duncarnock near Newton Mearns there were Iron Age hill forts, both thought to have been occupied between around 1200 BC and 400 AD. During the Industrial Revolution the Levern valley became a centre for the textiles industry, with several mills being established in Neilston and Barrhead. Giffnock initially grew to house
448-645: The county constituency of East Renfrewshire . Kirsten Oswald of the Scottish National Party was first elected as MP for East Renfrewshire in the 2015 General Election . For the Scottish Parliament , Netherlee forms part of the Eastwood constituency within the West of Scotland electoral region . As such it is currently represented by Jackson Carlaw of the Scottish Conservative Party as
480-542: The historic county of Renfrewshire since medieval times. From 1890 onwards, Renfrewshire was an area of local government administered by a county council . Although Renfrewshire ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975, it continues to exist as both a Lieutenancy area and registration county . Netherlee is also within the ancient parish of Cathcart, which formed the lowest tier of local government between 1845 and 1930, and which continues to exist for some statistical purposes. Between 1930 and 1975, Netherlee
512-463: The single transferable vote system, introduced by the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 . Election results since 1995 have been as follows: Six multi-member wards (20 seats) were created for the 2007 election, replacing 20 single-member wards which had been in place since the creation of the council in 1995. This representation decreased to 18 seats across five renamed and redrawn wards for
544-481: The 1660s onwards, the Maxwell family of Bogton, (which extended into modern Muirend ) developed the original Williamwood House and the surrounding Williamwood Estate. The house was built adjacent to the site of Lee Castle, the latter being demolished around this time. The original hamlet of Netherlee developed in connection with a paper mill which was opened on the western bank of the White Cart Water around 1700. Towards
576-442: The 2017 election: Parish (administrative division)#Scotland, Wales and Ireland The table below lists countries which use this administrative division: Qld: Prior to the digitisation and renumbering of the cadastre of Queensland parishes were used on title documents. While they have never officially been abolished, they are no longer used except in historical contexts. NSW: Utilised. Vic: Utilised. Tas: Used until
608-462: The 20th century saw the first phase of urbanisation. New housing developments, typically red sandstone terraces, began to eat up former agricultural land. Due to building restrictions as a result of the First World War, however, it was not until the 1920s that the majority of residential streets off the main artery were fully developed as they appear today. Netherlee in the mid-1930s was mostly as it
640-723: The Glasgow urban area with areas of moorland and numerous small lochs , many of which have been turned into reservoirs. The moors include part of the Whitelee Wind Farm . A 2011 survey showed that 41% of Scotland's Jewish population lived in East Renfrewshire, making up 2.4% of the area's population. The area is divided into eleven community council areas , all of which have community councils : Largest localities by population 28,210 17,890 12,250 9,800 5,170 4,530 4,170 3,630 3,470 3,310 East Renfrewshire
672-633: The Nazi Party, parachuted into Floors Farm, near the village of Waterfoot , on a secret mission to meet the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon for peace negotiations. The botched landing led to his capture and arrest. In 1971 a gas explosion at a parade of shops in Clarkston killed 22 people and injured more than 100. In a 2007 Reader's Digest poll, East Renfrewshire was voted the second best place in Britain to raise
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#1732887534394704-811: The area, Netherlee Primary School, opened in 1933 to serve the growing population. It was extensively modernised and expanded in the 1990s. In December 2005 it became the first school in Scotland to achieve a top-level "excellent" rating following inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education . It acts as a feeder for Williamwood High School in neighbouring Clarkston. Former Rangers and Scotland footballer Bob McPhail lived in Netherlee in retirement, until his death in 2000. Scottish folk singer Alastair McDonald lives in Netherlee. Olympic athlete Lee McConnell moved to Netherlee in 2013. East Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire ( Scots : Aest Renfrewshire ; Scottish Gaelic : Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear )
736-533: The constituency Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) in addition to the seven regional list MSPs. At 55°48′7″N 4°16′12″W / 55.80194°N 4.27000°W / 55.80194; -4.27000 , Netherlee is in Scotland's Central Lowlands . The community is 175 feet (53 m) above sea level, 4.2 miles (6.8 km) northwest of East Kilbride , 4.4 miles (7.1 km) south of Glasgow and 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Barrhead . The area
768-593: The council since 1996 has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 1996 have been: The council has its headquarters at Eastwood Park on Rouken Glen Road in Giffnock , in a building which was completed in 1980 for the former Eastwood District Council. The council also has an office and customer service centre at 211 Main Street in Barrhead , built in 2003. Since 2007 elections have been held every five years under
800-475: The end of the 18th century, the Netherlee House mansion was built by one of the mill's owners, John Muir. By the 1790s, Netherlee had expanded from the riverside to a new village centre on the main road from Glasgow to Kilmarnock (now the location of MacLaren Place). In the 1830s the mill became a calico printworks, which provided the main source of employment in the area until the 1880s. The early years of
832-445: The ground floor, its design combines traditional Glasgow tenement stylings with contemporary art deco details. Designed by Glasgow architect Andrew Wilson, it was built in 1935 for local landowner John MacLaren Lochead (who lived in the now-demolished Netherlee House) and replaced an earlier cottage-style tenement row. Netherlee Parish Church on Ormonde Avenue is also Category B listed. Built in 1933 by architects Stewart and Paterson, it
864-520: The pre-1975 burgh of Barrhead and parish of Neilston , both lying in the valley of the Levern Water . The new council also took over the functions of the abolished Strathclyde Regional Council within the area. The area's name references its location within the historic county of Renfrewshire, which had been abolished for local government purposes in 1975 when Eastwood district and Strathclyde region had been created. East Renfrewshire forms part of
896-408: The southeast, East Ayrshire to the southwest, North Ayrshire to the west and Renfrewshire to the northwest. Until 1975, the council area formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde . These three council areas together still form a single lieutenancy area called Renfrewshire. East Renfrewshire
928-409: The workers at Giffnock Quarries, which opened in 1835. The honey-coloured stone from Giffnock was used at Glasgow University and Glasgow Central station among many other buildings. Following the development of the railways in the mid-nineteenth century, the parts of the area close to Glasgow became increasingly suburban in character. In 1941, Rudolf Hess , one of Adolf Hitler's top deputies within
960-489: Was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 , which replaced Scotland's previous local government structure of upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts with unitary council areas providing all local government services. East Renfrewshire covered the whole of the abolished Eastwood district and part of Renfrew district , being the Barrhead electoral division , which roughly corresponded to
992-436: Was probably the last stone church built in the Glasgow area. The north part of Netherlee (referred to as Bogton on some maps) as well as First Avenue and small areas around North Williamwood were made a conservation area in 2019. They were classed as an article 2 protection area up until that point, which gave it the majority of the protections of a conservation area anyway. There is one non-denominational primary school in
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1024-713: Was within the First Landward District of Renfrewshire. Following the abolition of administrative counties in 1975, Netherlee became a part of the new Eastwood District within Strathclyde Region under the two tier system of local government which lasted until the creation of the present unitary authorities in 1996. In the Parliament of the United Kingdom , Netherlee is represented in the House of Commons as part of
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