Earnock High School in
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South Lanarkshire
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served students in and around the
Earnock
Earnock was an ancient estate in an area south of Hamilton in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It extended from the western side of Strathaven Road to the western extremity of the Parish of Hamilton.
Etymology
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area from 1957 to 2007. The school was closed in June 2007 and
merged with Blantyre High to form
Calderside Academy. A housing development, ''Earnock Glen'', now occupies the site.
Fire
On 21 June 2008, at around 1.50am, the disused building of Earnock High was
set alight. Both the Science and Main Teaching Blocks were extensively damaged — with damage to all three floors in each. At the height of the blaze around thirty
firefighters
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were tackling it — aided by five
fire engines
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and two
aerial appliances.
Footnotes
External links
Earnock High School(tagged articles) at ''Historic Hamilton''
Defunct secondary schools in South Lanarkshire
1957 establishments in Scotland
Educational institutions established in 1957
Buildings and structures in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Buildings and structures demolished in 2008
Buildings and structures completed in 1957
2007 disestablishments in Scotland
Educational institutions disestablished in 2007
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