Crossmyloof, a village in the NW corner of Cathcart parish, Renfrewshire, 1 mile NE of Pollokshaws, and 1½ SSW of Glasgow, under which it has a post and telegraph office. At it are a public school, an Established mission station, and an extensive bakery, started in 1847. At a council of war here, according to a popular myth, Queen Mary, on the morning of the battle of Langside, laid a small crucifix on her hand, saying, ` As surely as that cross lies on my loof, I will this day fight the Regent,'-.hence the name Crossmyloof. Pop. (1841) 587, (1861) 939, (1871) 988, (1881) 1195.
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