CAMLACHIE, a quoad sacra parish (for a time), including
the village of Parkhead, in the parish of Barony,
suburbs of the city of Glasgow, county of Lanark;
containing 3654 inhabitants, of whom 2152 are in the
village of Camlachie, l|mile (E.) from Ghisgow. Camlachie
parish comprised, besides the two villages, a rural
district containing a few acres of well-cultivated land.
On the bank of the river Clyde are the handsome mansions
of Belvidere and Westthorn, both of modern erection,
and commanding fine prospects. The village is iu
general indifferently built, the houses being mostly in the
old style, with low ceilings and small windows. The art
of letter-founding was introduced, and brought to great
perfection, by Mr. Alexander Wilson, afterwards professor
of astronomy in the university of (Glasgow, who, removing
from St. Andrew's to this place, established a foundry
here, which was subsequently transferred to Glasgow.
The population are almost exclusively employed in handloom
weaving, and tiie manufacture of muslins; and in
the immediate vicinity are several coal-mines, of which,
however, one only is in operation, for the supply of the
district. In the village of Parkhead is a post-office,
under that of Glasgow. The parish was formed in 1838;
the ch\irch is a neat structure, erected by the Church-
Building Society of Glasgow, who now let it to a Free
Church congregation.