Birdston
Birdston is a hamlet located in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland between Milton of Campsie and Kirkintilloch.[1] The 'Campsie poet' William Muir (1766-1817) was born in Birdston and is buried in the kirkyard there.[2] A monument to him was erected in the kirkyard by admirers of his poems in 1857.[3]
Birdston
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  Birdston Location within East Dunbartonshire | |
| OS grid reference | NS6575 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLASGOW |
| Postcode district | G66 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
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References
- MacDonald, Hugh (1910). Rambles Round Glasgow (New edition with introduction and notes by the Rev. G. H. Morrison, M.A ed.). Glasgow: John Smith. p. 429.
- MacDonald, Hugh (1910). Rambles Round Glasgow (New edition with introduction and notes by the Rev. G. H. Morrison M. A. ed.). Glasow: John Smith. p. 430.
- "Muir, William". jacksonbibliography.library.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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