Clydebank

Clydebank (Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Chluaidh) was, from 1975 to 1996, one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, covering the town of Clydebank and adjoining areas to the north-west of the city of Glasgow. History The district was created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Clydebank was one of nineteen districts created within the region of Strathclyde. The district covered parts of two former districts from the historic county of Dunbartonshire, which were abolished at the same time: Clydebank Burgh Old Kilpatrick District: the landward (outside a burgh) parts of the parish of Old Kilpatrick which fell within the electoral divisions of Old Kilpatrick East, Old Kilpatrick West, Duntocher, and Hardgate. Clydebank was one of the smallest districts by area. The main urban area was Clydebank, but the district also included the settlements of Duntocher, Faifley, Hardgate and Old Kilpatrick, along with the Kilpatrick Hills rising steeply to the north, The River Clyde was the district's southern boundary. The urban area of Glasgow lay to the south-east, and there was a tract of farmland to the north-east on the border with Bearsden and Milngavie. To the west was the Dumbarton district. The district was abolished in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 which replaced regions and districts with unitary council areas. The Clydebank area merged with much of neighbouring Dumbarton district to become the West Dunbartonshire council area. The 1994 act originally named the new district "Dumbarton and Clydebank", but the shadow authority elected in 1995 requested a change of name to "West Dunbartonshire", which was agreed by the government before the new council area came into force.