Cruixtoun
(Reguidit frae Cruixtoun, Glesga)
Cruixtoun (Scots Gaelic: Baile Cruic, Inglis: Crookston) is a residential suburb on the soothwastern edge o the city o Glesga, Scotland.
Ae-time a veelage in its ain richt, Cruixtoun (Middle Scots: Crocis toune) an its surroondin launds an castle (Dùn Cruic in Scots Gaelic), war cried efter the feudal Norman laird, Rabert Croc, wha wis giftit the Levern straith in Renfrewshire bi King Dauvit I o Scots in 1170.
In the 1920s, Cruixtoun, thegither wi neebourin Cardonal, Hullintoun an Haufwey, wis eikit tae the waxin city o Glesga. Cruixtoun nou lies jist athin Glesga's present-day mairches wi Ralstoun, Renfrewshire.
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