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Calton (Scottish Gaelic: A' Challtainn, lit. 'the hazel wood', Scots: Caltoun), known locally as The Calton, is a district in Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and just to the east of the city centre. Calton's most famous landmark is the Barras street market and the Barrowland Ballroom, one of Glasgow's principal musical venues.
The Calton weavers massacre of 1787 is commemorated in a panel by Scottish artist Ken Currie in the People's Palace, Glasgow commissioned on the 200th anniversary of the event. [29] The song "The Calton Weaver" is a variant of "Nancy Whiskey", which first appeared in print in the early 1900s.
Skyline of Hillhead, Glasgow as seen from Garnethill. The towers of Trinity College and Glasgow University are visible. This is a list of Category A listed buildings in Glasgow, Scotland. In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or historic interest". [1]
The important Gallowgate road runs from Glasgow Cross to Parkhead and includes The Barras, [1] but only a small length of it is in the Gallowgate neighbourhood, the boundaries of which are Abercromby Street/Bellgrove Street to the west (opposite the Calton district), Fielden Street/Millerston Street to the east (at the Forge Retail Park—which is roughly on the site of the former Camlachie ...
The eight panels mark the 200th anniversary of the Calton weavers Massacre of 1787 and depict the history of Glasgow's workers from that point to the present day. In 2005 The Doulton Fountain [ de ] was extensively refurbished and moved to its present position in front of the museum.
At its north-western edge, Albert Bridge is the closest crossing point towards Glasgow city centre. In McNeill Street, Hutchesontown has one of Glasgow's original Carnegie libraries, deftly designed by the Inverness-born architect James Robert Rhind. James Stokes, recipient of the Victoria Cross, was from the area.
He was a wealthy Glasgow merchant and established the textile quarters of Calton. [1] A fervent Jacobite however, he fought in the 1715 rising and at the Battle of Sheriffmuir during which he was captured and imprisoned at Stirling Castle, but managed to escape and fled to the continent in exile. [1]
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