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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.
In July 2014, Glasgow City Council began a cycle hire scheme with 400 bikes at 31 locations around Glasgow. [3] [4] The scheme proved a success within two years, and the scheme's operator NextBike won a contract to expand the scheme to 900 bikes at 100 locations. [5] Sustrans' National Cycle Network maps three routes through Glasgow: the 7, 75 ...
Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland. Flag of Glasgow City Council Coat of arms of Glasgow City Council
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There are two distinct definitions for the population of Glasgow: the Glasgow City Council Area which lost the districts of Rutherglen and Cambuslang to South Lanarkshire in 1996, and the Greater Glasgow Urban Area which includes the conurbation around the city (however in the 2016 definitions [97] the aforementioned Rutherglen and Cambuslang ...
Ian L. Cormack, Glasgow Trams Beyond the Boundary, Scottish Tramway Museum Society, 1967, ISBN 0-900648-07-4; Tom Noble, The Wee Book of Glasgow Trams, Black & White Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1-902927-96-6; William M. Tollan, The Wearing of the Green: Reminiscences of the Glasgow Trams, Adam Gordon, 2000, ISBN 1-874422-27-3.
1621: Glasgow pays 3%-10% of Scottish customs duties; 1625: The first quay is built at Broomielaw; 1626: The Tolbooth is constructed; 1636: There are 120 students at the university; 1638: Covenanters at the General Assembly plan to abolish bishops; 1639: Glasgow the 3rd richest burgh in Scotland, one-fifth as rich as Edinburgh; Hutcheson's ...
Some examples are noted here: The Union Bank of Scotland, 110 St Vincent Street [3] designed by architect James Miller; the North British & Mercantile Building, 200 St Vincent Street, [4] designed by Sir John James Burnet; the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, [5] 232-242 St Vincent Street, founded in 1599; and St Vincent ...