Population
Dr Robertson also carried on Dr Meek’s other "enlightened" enthusiasms – for collecting detail of the progress of science and industry in Cambuslang, as indicated by a growing population which he tabulates thus:
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1755 | 934 |
| 1775 | 1096 |
| 1785 | 1088 |
| 1791 | 1288 |
| 1796 | 1558 |
| 1801 | 1616 |
| 1807 | 1870 |
| 1811 | 2035 |
| 1815 | 2045 |
| 1821 | 2301 |
| 1831 | 2697 |
| 1835 | 2705 |
Census data (given in the Gazetteer of Scotland in 1901) shows that the population had grown in 1881 to 5538. By 1891 it was 8323.
Dr Robertson says that most of the population lived in ‘villages’ (really very small hamlets) while the rest lived in ‘rural areas’. None of the villages bore the name of Cambuslang (this was the parish). Their names are retained in district names to this day but Dr Robertson recorded the thirteen villages as Dalton, Lightburn, Deans, Howieshill, Vicarland, Kirkhill, Sauchiebog, Chapelton, Bushyhill, Culluchburn, Silverbank, East Coats, and West Coats.
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