Crookston, Glasgow
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Coordinates: 55°50′34″N 4°22′06″W / 55.842780°N 4.368377°W
| Crookston | |
| Scottish Gaelic: Baile Cruic | |
 Crookston
Crookston shown within Glasgow |
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| OS grid reference | NS518636 |
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| Council area | Glasgow City Council |
| Lieutenancy area | Glasgow |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLASGOW |
| Postcode district | G52 |
| Dialling code | 0141 |
| Police | Strathclyde |
| Fire | Strathclyde |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Glasgow South West |
| Scottish Parliament | Glasgow Pollok |
| Glasgow | |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • Glasgow | |
Crookston (Baile Cruic in Scottish Gaelic) is a residential suburb on the southwestern edge of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Formerly a village in its own right, Crookston (Crocis toune) and its surrounding lands and castle (Dùn Cruic in Scottish Gaelic), were named after the feudal Norman lord, Robert Croc, who was gifted the Levern valley in Renfrewshire by King David I of Scotland in 1170.
In the 1920s, Crookston, together with neighbouring Cardonald, Hillington and Halfway, was annexed by the expanding city of Glasgow. Crookston now lies just within Glasgow's present-day boundary with Ralston, Renfrewshire.
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