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Dunbarton County
Dunbartonshire or Dunbarton County was the name of a county in the west of Scotland. The county included the parishes of Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch, which were detached from the rest of the county. Dunbartonshire also included the burghs of Bearsden, Clydebank, Cove and Kilcreggan, Cumbernauld, Dumbarton, Helensburgh and Kirkintilloch, and the inhabited islands of Inchmurrin and Inchtavannach. It also included the New Town of Cumbernauld, designated in the 1960s. In the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, parts of the county were absorbed by the City of Glasgow.. Dunbarton County Council was established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, taking over powers from the Commissioners of Supply, County Road Trust, and other local authorities. The County Council was abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1973, and the former county became part of Strathclyde Region. In 1996, on the abolition of Strathclyde Regional Council, parts of the former county were placed under the administration of the following unitary authorities: East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, Argyll & Bute, North Lanarkshire and Glasgow City.

Confusingly, although the county took its name from the town of Dumbarton, it is customary to spell the county name 'Dunbartonshire'. For an explanation of this click here.

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