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Trongate with Tron kirk steeple on left, viewing west The Trongate 1889. Trongate is one of the oldest streets in the city of Glasgow, Scotland.Trongate begins at Glasgow Cross, where the steeple of the old Glasgow Tolbooth is situated, being the original centre of medieval Glasgow, and goes westward changing its name to Argyle Street at Glassford Street.
High Street is the oldest, and one of the most historically significant, streets in Glasgow, Scotland.Originally the city's main street in medieval times, it formed a direct north–south artery between the Cathedral of St. Mungo (later Glasgow Cathedral) in the north, to Glasgow Cross and the banks of the River Clyde.
The location of Parliamentary Road on a modern map of Glasgow. Parliamentary Road was a major street in the Townhead area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and was originally the district's main thoroughfare. Most of the street was removed by the late 1980s as part of successive regeneration schemes in Townhead and neighouring Cowcaddens, and ...
Back-alley in Glasgow, 1871 Main Street, Gorbals, looking north, 1868 Facade of the Tontine Hotel on the Gallowgate in Glasgow; from Photographs of streets, closes &c., Taken 1868-1871 Glasgow Thomas Annan (1829–1887) was a Scottish photographer, notable for being the first to record the bad housing conditions of the poor.
Pages in category "Streets in Glasgow" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. A804 road;
The setting was changed to Glasgow from Carrick in southwest Scotland. The novel Swing Hammer Swing! (1992) by Jeff Torrington, decades in the writing, is set in the Gorbals. The character Kristine Kochanski in the British TV series Red Dwarf grew up there – it is described as being the 'trendiest part of Glasgow' in the 23rd century (1997)
In 1451, the University of Glasgow was founded by papal bull and established in religious buildings in the precincts of Glasgow Cathedral. By the start of the 16th century, Glasgow had become an important religious and academic city and by the 17th century the university had moved from the cathedral precincts to its own building in the High Street.
Duke Street is a major street in Glasgow, Scotland, and is of the major road arteries connecting the City Centre to the East End.It begins at High Street and runs east through the residential districts of Ladywell and Dennistoun, and on towards Haghill and Parkhead, meeting the Gallowgate, Tollcross Road and Westmuir Street to form a turreted Edwardian junction at Parkhead Cross.